Much of our education system bought into a disproven idea of how kids learn to read. For 2+ years, @ehanford and I tried to figure out how and why. I’m so excited to share what we’ve found. The first episodes in our six-part podcast drop tomorrow.

APM Reports, our investigative podcast team, is hiring a new deputy managing editor. Be my boss!

Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help:

NYT: One of the largest-ever federal investments in education, $122B during the Biden administration, did little to raise scores across the board, in part because it required districts to use just 20% of their money on academic recovery.

In the mid-2010s, longform narrative podcasting was all the rage. Then almost as quickly as it appeared, it was gone.

Why Are So Few Kids #Reading for Pleasure? My exploration via @The74

Full story about what’s changing here, with reporting help from @ehanford and @ElizaBillingham:

In the past three years since Sold a Story’s first episodes came out, 26 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research.

An ed-tech company convinced Chancellor David Banks to appear in an ad. Banks’ brother Terence was the company’s government relations consultant. @THECITYNY investigates how the sibling cashed in on family connections at City Hall.

Outstanding reporting as usual from @ehanford re #doge @IESResearch cuts. I was particularly struck by Mark Schneider's take on IES's long-term failure to get ed research into classrooms ... I know it's not that simple, but still, worth keeping in mind: https://t.co/CHXWePUs2t

You might think the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Education are a good thing. You might think they’re a bad thing. But most people seem to agree that something big is happening here. Episode 14 of Sold a Story is available now.

From @CLPeak -- If it hadn’t been for legal action, the results of the largest study on reading might never have been released. But in response to lawsuits, the Department of Education said it would voluntarily reinstate the contract for the study:

The latest episode of Sold a Story by @ehanford and @CLPeak is out. It's called "The Cuts," and it examines the dismantling of federally funded education research. Worth a listen! https://t.co/iVTt738FFK

“One professor who analyzed the BAS said it was worse at identifying struggling readers than any assessment he had ever seen.” @CLPeak reporting on the issues with the @FountasPinnell assessment approach, which is still commonly used in Balanced Literacy districts

Listen (or read the transcript) here: https://t.co/SRYAt50tGD. Also on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/CN153iqUwX. And Spotify: https://t.co/X2V3dbokRQ.

A lot of what we know as the science of reading was funded by the federal government. We’ve spent the last few months reporting on what the Trump administration’s cuts mean for that research.

We have a new episode of Sold a Story coming next week. We're looking at the Trump administration's cuts to education research - and what they mean for the science of reading. You can follow the show and sign up for alerts at our website.

New York City’s third-grade reading proficiency shot up nearly 13 points — to 58% — on this year’s state standardized test.

"Adopting a new curriculum is only a first step. Real change is like training for a marathon: buying the right gear doesn’t build endurance." @mcglynn3

Excellent summary of the intellectual history of "cueing." These are ideas and citations @CLPeak and I spent years poring over to make Sold a Story.

Now that Congress has rescinded $1.1 billion in funding for public media, 78 public radio stations that rely heavily on those funds are in danger of closing. https://t.co/rqthOavChA