Since Emily Hanford’s widely-devoured Sold a Story podcast uncovered how the debunked ‘whole language’ movement spread throughout the US school ...
‘Just compliance’: Sold a Story’s Emily Hanford flags concern over science of reading shift
School districts across the US are abandoning programs and materials aligned with balanced literacy as the science of reading movement rolls on – but one reporter whose influential investigation helped fuel the shift warns big mistakes are being made from which Australia can learn.
“I think the Americans still have a lot to learn from the American experience. Honestly, I think we’re probably making a lot of mistakes right now," Hanford says of the science of reading shift underway.