Like many states in the US, New Zealand’s government has embraced the “science of reading.” But it hasn’t stopped there.| nataliewexler.substack.com
Teaching writing can be a way of teaching, period.| nataliewexler.substack.com
The complex syntax of written language is often a stumbling block.| nataliewexler.substack.com
The key factor isn't "skills and strategies"--it's knowledge.| nataliewexler.substack.com
Season 2: Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension| Knowledge Matters Campaign
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now rec...| features.apmreports.org