Sold a Story en Español

Could this be good for parents of bi-lingual students?

Sold a Story is now available in Spanish. For readers of Special Education Today who work with bi-lingual students, advocate for bi-lingual education, or advise schools regarding bi-lingual special education, this resource may be especially valuable. I encourage folks to jump over to the Web site and review the product.

Cómo enseñar a leer a los niños salió tan mal

En todo Estados Unidos, las escuelas han estado enseñando a leer con un método que no funciona muy bien. Hace décadas que los estudios científicos lo desmintieron. A algunos niños puede causarles daños duraderos. En Sold a Story, la reportera Emily Hanford investiga a los influyentes autores que promovieron este método y a la empresa que vende sus obras. Desvela cómo los educadores llegaron a creer en algo que no es verdad y ahora se enfrentan a las consecuencias: niños perjudicados, dinero despilfarrado y un sistema educativo trastornado.

Many readers will remember Emily Hanford’s podcast episodes entitled Sold a Story about the bogus methods for teaching early reading that are employed in far too many US early childhood or primary education classes. These podcasts are important because they shed light on the inadequate instruction that too many children with (or at risk for) disabilities receive. They are also important for those who advocated or implemented multi-tiered systems of support in the early grades, because they point the way toward improving services delivered at the broader tiers of those systems.