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I am a teacher who has always been skeptical of “whole language” approaches to reading and writing. I teach high school students who have learned through this method and it is still so challenging for many of them to read. This podcast has helped me understand why they struggle and how I might help them. As a parent, I will be keeping a close eye on my kids’ reading progress when it’s time for kindergarten.

I didn’t know any of this stuff. But, based on the fact that so many kids cannot read properly, I had a hunch something was wrong and just started looking for a podcast that talked about literacy. This one ended up explaining everything. Corporate pseudoscience and overthinking theorists who don’t even remember their First Grade years have gripped American schools when it comes to reading. There’s a lot of magical thinking involved with these anti-phonics theorists. This podcast addresses all the angles involved. This podcast isn’t ideological for the sake of an ideology. The conclusions made are based on massive evidence.

For years I have watched people around me and thought I didn’t know anything because I didn’t buy into what the teachers around me were preaching about. Thank you for reminding me to trust my gut.

No serious classroom teacher, instructional aide, admin, school board member, or parent can listen to this without being shocked and committed to improvement.