Sold a Story

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1. S2 E3: The Forgotten Experiment

   22 oktober 2026 · 31 min

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   Zig Engelmann gets the chance of a lifetime: Put Direct Instruction to the test in one of the largest education experiments ever conducted. The results could have changed the direction of American education. Instead, they’re contested — and ultimately cast aside. Lees meer

   Read: Why America’s massive educational experiment didn’t transform schools
   Read: The forgotten voices of Project Follow Through
   Video: The biggest education experiment you’ve never heard of

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2. S2 E2: The Remedy Is Always Teaching

   15 oktober 2026 · 28 min

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   At an experimental preschool in Illinois, Zig Engelmann and his colleagues begin turning his ideas into a classroom teaching method. Along the way, they make a series of discoveries about effective instruction. Their mantra: “If the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught.” Lees meer

   Read: What is Direct Instruction?
   Video: The 5 key concepts of DI
   Video: Who was Zig Engelmann?

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3. S2 E1: It’s Not Just Reading

   15 oktober 2026 · 21 min

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   In the 1960s, an education outsider named Zig Engelmann begins challenging conventional ideas about what young children can learn. He teaches his 4-year-old twins basic algebra. But he has a hard time getting anyone in education to take him seriously, until a professor gives him a chance to see if his ideas will work in a classroom. Lees meer

   Read: What is Direct Instruction?
   Video: The 5 key concepts of DI
   Video: Who was Zig Engelmann?

   Read: Transcript of this episode

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4. Sold a Story 2: What Happened to Teaching

   1 oktober 2026 · 3 min

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   Sold a Story is back with a new season that goes beyond reading. Emily Hanford explores an approach to teaching that's been largely rejected by the education system — despite decades of evidence that it works. Lees meer

   Video: Watch the trailer on YouTube
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5. ‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen

   28 april 2026 · 1 uur 1 min

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   The New Yorker staff writer David Owen opened a recent piece with a personal story: To hide that she couldn’t read, his niece turned pages when her classmates did. Owen joined Sold a Story host Emily Hanford for a live conversation about his December 2025 article “Dyslexia and the Reading Wars.” The event was part of the Eyes on Reading series at Planet Word, a museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to words and language. Lees meer

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   Watch: All Eyes on Reading videos
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6. Emily Hanford LIVE with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg

   9 december 2025 · 58 min

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   Early in her teaching career, Margaret Goldberg was skeptical of the science of reading. Today, she is working with neuroscientist Reid Lyon to bring it into more classrooms. Lyon and Goldberg joined Sold a Story host Emily Hanford for a live conversation about the challenges of translating research into practice. The event was part of the Eyes on Reading series at Planet Word, a museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to words and language. Lees meer

   Read: Transcript of this episode
   See: Slideshow from the event (cute pictures!)
   Watch: All Eyes on Reading videos
   Connect: Sold a Story discussion guides

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7. 14: The Cuts

   21 augustus 2025 · 38 min

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   Education research is at a turning point in the United States. The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Department of Education. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools. Lees meer

   Read: Trump cancels survey of high schoolers
   Read: Nation’s Report Card at risk
   Read: Lawsuit saves massive reading experiment
   Read: Transcript of this episode

   Carolyn Riehl: Medical research and education research

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8. 13: The List

   6 maart 2025 · 34 min

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   Steubenville became a model of reading success. Then a new law in Ohio put it all at risk. In this episode, we look at the "science of reading" lists some states are making, why the program Steubenville has been using for 25 years isn't getting on many of these lists, and the surprising power of one curriculum review group. Lees meer

   Read: Christopher Peak on EdReports
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9. 12: The Evidence

   27 februari 2025 · 31 min

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   There’s a name for the program at the heart of Steubenville’s remarkable reading results. It’s called Success for All. It’s been around for decades, and numerous studies have shown it’s effective. But relatively few school districts use it. We trace the history of the program and why it’s never really caught on. Lees meer

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10. 11: The Outlier

    20 februari 2025 · 31 min

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    There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. Many of the wealthiest places in the country can’t even say that. And Steubenville is a Rust Belt town where the state considers almost all the students “economically disadvantaged.” How did they do it? Lees meer

    Explore: Steubenville, by the numbers
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    Book: Districts that Succeed
    Book: How It's Being Done
    Podcast: ExtraOrdinary Districts

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