#797: Why debunked reading practices continue to spread - 11/30/21

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Sandi Jacobs, Principal at EdCounsel and former Senior Education Program Specialist for <a href='https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20094038/summ_a.asp'>Reading First</a> at the U.S. Department of Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss why reading programs based on debunked science persist in schools. Her answer: It’s complicated. Educators, in part, may struggle with the idea that they’ve been teaching something incorrectly. And strong, evidence-backed replacements programs can lack hefty marketing budgets. After this discussion, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines <a href='https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article-abstract/16/4/634/97123/Dual-Language-Education-and-Student-Achievement?redirectedFrom=fulltext'>a study</a> on how dual-language education affects math and reading outcomes.<br/><br/><b>Feedback welcome!</b></p><p>Have ideas or feedback on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producer Pedro Enamorado at <a href='mailto:penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org'>penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>