We have new episodes of Sold a Story coming on February 20! features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

“Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of additional instruction for kindergarteners, and almost a year-and-a-half of extra instruction for 1st graders.” “In reading studies these days, these kinds of findings are rare.” – Devin Kearns Sarah Schwartz reports on UFLI

WATCH: “We had the worst reading scores for eighth graders in thirty years and nobody—not a governor, not a mayor, not a president, not a secretary of education—has talked about it.” Rahm Emanuel via Bill Maher Real Time with Bill Maher

Have you heard the new episodes of Sold a Story?

An important episode of Sold a Story unpacks the major influence EdReports is having on curriculum selection, even though its list is not a good arbiter of quality. Stop me if you have heard this one before.

It's not just Georgia. Illiteracy contributes to incarceration across the country. Colleges must assess and wrestle with their Education Depts connection to the prison pipeline. The Chronicle of Higher Education Inside Higher Ed Times Higher Education Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Carnegie Endowment atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/03/low…

The biggest trick being played on the public is convincing us that our own children are incapable of learning to read. Gorrilas can learn sign language, cars drive themselves, and we're building a permanent space colony but our kids can't read bc of "Poverty + Trauma"? Stop it

🔥⁦Lindsay Kemeny⁩ ⁦Stacy Hurst⁩ This episode is on fire… I had to send this to 5 amazing women doing the work! YOU SHOULD TOO!! 💪🏽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lit…

Prevention is more effective than intervention! What happens in K-1 matters! Let’s intervene early and prevent reading struggles before they start. #LitLearn2025 #LiteracyMatters IDA Ontario Stephanie Stollar

Powerful quote shared by Una Malcolm (she/her) from Dr. Reid Lyon to kick off #LitLearn2025! Inspired and even more excited to hear his keynote tomorrow! IDA Ontario

Prevention is essential! Did you know that after the 3rd or 4th grade, the reading gap between students who struggle with reading and their peers widens and becomes much more difficult to close? Part of what is so frustrating about the reading crisis is that so much of the

When a kid’s acting out in class, my first question is: ‘How well do they read?’ Struggling readers aren’t bad kids—they’re avoiding shame. Teach them to read and you’ll transform behavior and lives! ⁦Kingdom citizen..⁩ ⁦Kareem J. Weaver⁩ ⁦Richard Branson⁩ ⁦

Learning styles, ‘I’m not a math person,’ and being bad at tests—they’re all part of the same mythological family. Comforting. Intuitive. And wrong.

The first of two public comment periods on Indiana’s new K-12 accountability rule is open. Read more about the first draft and share your feedback today to help shape Indiana's future accountability model: bit.ly/4frrZUR

Every article, study, interview shows the 1st step to improve reading results for kids: adults have to be tired of failure enough to reflect and make tough changes. But many refuse to slaughter their sacred cows. "We just have to keep doing this/that." Then you get what you get.

To register for the Until Everyone Can Read Literacy Summit scan the QR code or click the link below: zeffy.com/ticketing/unti…

Excellent summary of the intellectual history of "cueing." These are ideas and citations Christopher Peak and I spent years poring over to make Sold a Story. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.31…

So manyyyyyy awesome takeaways!!! This episode is a must listen for all school leaders and esp K-2 folks!