Many U.S. elementary schools teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn.

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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023

Hello! In this issue:
* This debunked theory ([link removed]) has shaped how many kids learn to read.

* How one woman got justice – even after police failed her.

* To our L.A. friends: After Ayotzinapa is coming to the UCLA campus.

* How we engage local communities – and help local reporters investigate stories in their hometowns.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
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Many elementary schools across the country teach reading using an approach that can actually make it harder for kids to learn.

This week on Reveal ([link removed]) , in partnership with American Public Media’s Sold a Story podcast, we dig into the science of how children learn to read – and a flawed theory that has shaped reading instruction for decades.
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** Our Data Exposed Failings In How Louisville Police Investigated Sexual Assault. Now There’s An Update to One Survivor’s Story.
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In a 2018 Reveal episode ([link removed]) , we teamed up with Newsy and ProPublica to investigate how police across the country make it seem like they’re solving more rape cases than they actually are. A year later in another Reveal episode ([link removed]) , the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting used our data to investigate police in Louisville, Kentucky.

They found ([link removed]) that the Louisville Metro Police Department sometimes brought rape cases to prosecutors to decide whether to make an arrest before they’ve done much investigating. If prosecutors declined the case, the police could act like they’d dealt with it through a bookkeeping trick. They could say it was cleared “by exception.” And at the time, Louisville had the sixth highest rate in the nation of clearing rape cases by exception rather than by how you might expect a case to actually be cleared – by arrest.

A central part of the investigation was the case of Jen Sainato. While she didn’t get justice from the police, she recently found it through the civil courts.

Sainato reported a rape to police while she was visiting Louisville for a business trip, but they closed the investigation by exception because the prosecutor declined the case. Sainato filed a civil suit as her last chance ([link removed]) to seek justice against the man she said drugged and raped her. In late January, five years after the incident, a jury ordered that the man pay her almost $1.2 million.

“This has given me some solace in that the jury did see that, yes, there was a sexual assault and we will hold him accountable,” Sainato said. “I feel they did the job that the police could have done.” Read the full update ([link removed]) from Louisville Public Media. Listen to season one of the Dig ([link removed]) podcast to hear a full season about how Louisville rigs the rape stats.


** Feb. 15: After Ayotzinapa Event in Los Angeles
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If you’re in the Los Angeles area, join Reveal’s Anayansi Diaz-Cortes and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, director of the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies, on Wednesday for a discussion on our After Ayotzinapa ([link removed]) podcast series, and a look into what the investigation into the students’ disappearance uncovered and where the case currently stands.

The event is free and open to the public and will take place at 12 p.m. at UCLA’s Charles E. Young Research Library in Presentation Room #11348. If you’re unable to attend in-person, you can also register to watch online ([link removed]) .


** How We Make Sure Our Stories Reach the Communities That Need Them
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At Reveal, we want our reporting to reach as many people as possible. That’s why we make our investigations free to republish ([link removed]) for other newsrooms across the country. The nonprofit newsroom Kentucky Lantern ([link removed]) and the community-supported Louisville Public Media ([link removed]) both republished Reveal’s Laura C. Morel’s story ([link removed]) about a Kentucky nurse’s whistleblower complaints against an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center that was putting
clients at risk due to infection control problems.


** How Our Reporting Is Helping Local Outlets Do Their Own Investigations
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Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers look and act like medical clinics. But beneath the veneer of their medical professionalism is an industry that state and federal authorities have done almost nothing to regulate, a Reveal investigation ([link removed]) found. And that puts clients at risk ([link removed]) .

After our investigation published in December, we reached out to the journalists in our Reveal Reporting Network ([link removed]) and offered our data, reporting methodology and a tip sheet on how they can report on the centers in their communities.

Reporter Amir Khafagy of the nonprofit newsroom DocumentedNY used our tips and released a story this week about a New York City Council member who gave $10,000 from the council’s discretionary funds to a Queens-based center. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .


** In Case You Missed It
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🎧 Inside the Global Fight for White Power ([link removed])

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🎧 A Miracle Cure for AIDS or Snake Oil? ([link removed])

This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kassie Navarro and Andrew Donohue. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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