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Just a few days before the premier of Season 2 of Sold A Story, APM Reports’ Emily Hanford sat down to talk about how she and her team decided to focus on the practice of everyday teaching — rather than math or science or social studies — and how they are once again trying to separate deeply-held beliefs from evidence.
It’s not just reading. It’s not just math. It’s the American practice of teaching, writ large. Starting next week, Season 2 of Sold a Story asks the thorny question, ‘What happened to teaching?’ But there’s no guarantee that educators, parents, or the general public will be ready for the answers Hanford uncovers.
Previously from The Grade
Why math coverage ≠ literacy coverage (Holly Korbey)
It’s time for math to have its ‘Sold a Story’ moment (Colin Hogan)
How I missed the phonics story (Patti Ghezzi)
Hard reporting: Why reading went under the radar for so long (featuring Emily Hanford)
Why the NRP report didn’t fix reading instruction 20 years ago (Will Callan)
Why reading went under the radar for so long – and what Emily Hanford is aiming to do about it (featuring Emily Hanford)
Cracking the code on reading instruction stories (Holly Korbey)
