Science of Reading: The Podcast

I use these episodes as part of teaching reading to high schoolers with dyslexia and teaching future reading teachers at a local college.

I’ve listened to about half a dozen of these episodes and I don’t know if just happens to be the ones I pick, but there always seems to be a strong anti-teacher, anti-public school message. I found this podcast because I am interested in the science of reading, but it’s honestly hard to stay open minded and learn when teachers are assumed to not give a darn about their students and their education.

I listen to this almost every day on my commute to work (I’m an elementary teacher.) It helps me get excited for my day and gives me good ideas to try out in my classroom. There are a wide range of topics and the podcast is well-paced.

I hoped this show would talk about the science of reading, but it puts out puff pieces about school literacy programs instead. This content does not help me grow as a teacher.