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Is it Dyslexia or Dysteachia? with Irene Daria

The Be Podcast Network, an organization of more than four dozen engaging shows dedicated to education, and Reading Is Fundamental are partnering during National Literacy Month to share high-impact conversations about literacy with more than 40 unique episodes featuring conversations about the state of children’s literacy nationwide, best practices for reading instruction and engagement, strategies to foster the joy of reading in school and at home, and much more.

  • How schools have turned off millions of kids from loving reading. 
  • “We escaped a train wreck because of my son”
  • Balanced Literacy 3-cueing. 
  • Explicit and systematic way to sound out words. 
  • Kenneth Goodman - founder of whole language, which is what balanced literacy is based on. 
  • Observational study on how children learn to read. 
  • National Reading Panel - convened by congress in late 1990s. 
  • Emily Hanford - Sold a Story Podcast
  • Why don’t we have computers teaching our kids to read. 
  • Kids just press buttons.
  • Teaching a child to read is remarkably easy
  • Teaching a child who has been taught incorrectly to read is not easy. 
  • Samuel Orton - Orton Gillingham method of teaching reading. 
  • Is it the child, or is it us? 
  • Phonemic awareness is not an inheritable trait, it’s a skill that can be taught. 
  • Do you teach or let the child discover on their own? Teach the basic skills
  • Steps To Reading

Visit the official episode page here.