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WATCH: “The number one class in college today for freshmen is remedial reading. That’s an indictment of what’s happening in this country and we need as adults to wake up to it.” Rahm Emanuel isn't holding back on the state of American education on Morning Joe.

WATCH: “The number one class in college today for freshmen is remedial reading. That’s an indictment of what’s happening in this country and we need as adults to wake up to it.” Rahm Emanuel isn't holding back on the state of American education on Morning Joe.

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WATCH: Louisiana and Mississippi aren’t the punchlines they used to be. They’ve led the nation in reading gains in recent years. If you’re mocking them in 2025, you haven’t been paying attention. cc: Mikie Sherrill Jack Ciattarelli

WATCH: Louisiana and Mississippi aren’t the punchlines they used to be. They’ve led the nation in reading gains in recent years. If you’re mocking them in 2025, you haven’t been paying attention. cc: Mikie Sherrill Jack Ciattarelli

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“There’s no benefit that came out of you putting me in those schools. No benefit at all.” Brutal 2 minutes of NHJ’s daughter dismantling her mother’s school integration experiment on This American Life.

“There’s no benefit that came out of you putting me in those schools. No benefit at all.” Brutal 2 minutes of NHJ’s daughter dismantling her mother’s school integration experiment on This American Life.

769,648 views • 1 month ago

Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures. Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism? Emily Hanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.

Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures. Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism? Emily Hanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.

297,188 views • 26 days ago

30 years ago, John Stossel asked why San Diego schools weren’t using Direct Instruction to address students’ struggles in reading and math. The superintendent’s response? Classrooms should be “more than just worksheets and multiplication facts.” When Stossel pointed out that kids weren’t mastering basic skills, she cited rising graduation rates. His retort: “You’re graduating them, but they can’t read.” Fast forward to today, the reflex remains the same: When students aren't academically proficient, deflect to gameable metrics.

30 years ago, John Stossel asked why San Diego schools weren’t using Direct Instruction to address students’ struggles in reading and math. The superintendent’s response? Classrooms should be “more than just worksheets and multiplication facts.” When Stossel pointed out that kids weren’t mastering basic skills, she cited rising graduation rates. His retort: “You’re graduating them, but they can’t read.” Fast forward to today, the reflex remains the same: When students aren't academically proficient, deflect to gameable metrics.

95,488 views • 16 days ago

WATCH: Parents erupt following 2 hours of emotional pleading and a 7-2 vote to strip screen opt-outs. From LA to NYC, a parental rebellion is brewing against school-sanctioned screen time. The K-12 techlash is just beginning, and Big Tech ignores it at their own peril.

WATCH: Parents erupt following 2 hours of emotional pleading and a 7-2 vote to strip screen opt-outs. From LA to NYC, a parental rebellion is brewing against school-sanctioned screen time. The K-12 techlash is just beginning, and Big Tech ignores it at their own peril.

929,043 views • 4 months ago

Why don’t we use a forklift to move weights at the gym? Because the point isn’t to move the weights. It’s to get stronger. The same is true of learning. If the goal is simply to get a task done as quickly as possible, technology will often do it better. But at what cost? Excellent insights from Daisy Christodoulou.

Why don’t we use a forklift to move weights at the gym? Because the point isn’t to move the weights. It’s to get stronger. The same is true of learning. If the goal is simply to get a task done as quickly as possible, technology will often do it better. But at what cost? Excellent insights from Daisy Christodoulou.

42,509 views • 12 days ago

WATCH: “We made an enormous mistake allowing the ed tech industry to come in and give every kid a computer, a tablet, an iPad, a Chromebook… and the results are devastating and we need to stop.” Jonathan Haidt via Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper 360°

WATCH: “We made an enormous mistake allowing the ed tech industry to come in and give every kid a computer, a tablet, an iPad, a Chromebook… and the results are devastating and we need to stop.” Jonathan Haidt via Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper 360°

351,865 views • 5 months ago

Before you listen to the latest episode of Sold a Story, watch this 1991 Primetime Live feature on Thaddeus Lott and Wesley Elementary in Houston. What happens when an instructional approach works—but the evidence collides with the beliefs of the people running the system?

Before you listen to the latest episode of Sold a Story, watch this 1991 Primetime Live feature on Thaddeus Lott and Wesley Elementary in Houston. What happens when an instructional approach works—but the evidence collides with the beliefs of the people running the system?

31,216 views • 16 days ago

WATCH: Rehema Ellis covers the science of reading on NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas. #SoR #msedu cc: Melissa McCray, Ph.D. RCSD MS Dept of Education Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

WATCH: Rehema Ellis covers the science of reading on NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas. #SoR #msedu cc: Melissa McCray, Ph.D. RCSD MS Dept of Education Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

76,229 views • 3 years ago

WATCH: Aleysha Ortiz graduated high school with honors, yet can’t read or write. Now she’s in college. This is, among other things, a dereliction of duty. Our kids deserve better. Story via Danny Freeman

WATCH: Aleysha Ortiz graduated high school with honors, yet can’t read or write. Now she’s in college. This is, among other things, a dereliction of duty. Our kids deserve better. Story via Danny Freeman

40,844 views • 1 year ago

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

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

17,901 views • 1 year ago

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