Nationally acclaimed journalist Emily Hanford's work is changing the ways schools around the country teach reading. In this award-winning podcast,... more

Some of the teachers, students, parents and researchers we met in Sold a Story talk about the impact the podcast... more

Schools around the country are changing the way they teach reading. And that is having major consequences for people who... more

A Spanish adaptation of Sold a Story is now available. Hosted by journalist Valeria Fernández, the podcast is condensed into one... more

Across the country, school districts are dropping textbooks, state legislatures are going so far as to ban teaching methods, and... more

Voicemails, emails, tweets: We got a lot of messages from people after they heard Sold a Story. In this episode,... more

This week we have an episode of a show called Brains On. It’s a science podcast for kids from our... more

There are kids like C.J. all over the country. Schools tell their parents they are reading at grade level, but the... more

Molly Woodworth had a secret: She couldn’t read very well. She fought her way through text by looking at the... more

Jack Silva had a problem. He was the chief academic officer of a school district in Pennsylvania, and more than... more

The parents knew something wasn’t right. The school said everything would be fine. But their kids weren’t learning how to... more

Lucy Calkins says she has learned from the science of reading. She's revised her materials. Fountas and Pinnell have not... more

Teachers call books published by Heinemann their bibles. The company's products are in schools all over the country. Some of... more

Teachers sing songs about Lucy Calkins. The longtime professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College is one of the most influential... more

President George W. Bush made improving reading instruction a priority. He got Congress to provide money to schools that used... more

Sixty years ago, Marie Clay developed a way to teach reading she said would help kids who were falling behind.... more

Lee Gaul watches his daughter’s lessons during Zoom school and discovers a dismaying truth: She can't read. Little Zoe isn't... more