Sold a Story
Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read, but many schools don’t know about the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. In Sold a Story, Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.
Latest Episode
Emily Hanford LIVE from Planet Word with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg (09.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 14: The Cuts
- 13: The List
- 12: The Evidence
- 11: The Outlier
- The podcast that's changing education
- 10: The Details
- 9: The Aftermath
- Introducing: Sold a Story en español
- 8: The Impact
- 7: Your Words
- Brains On: How Do We Learn to Read — and Why is It Hard?
- What the Words Say
- At a Loss for Words: What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading
- Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
- Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia
- 6: The Reckoning
- 5: The Company
- 4: The Superstar
- 3: The Battle
- 2: The Idea
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