Show Notes
Are we in the midst of a reading crisis? News outlets are constantly reporting on thedeath of reading. School test scores by measures like the “Nation’s Report Card” say math and literacy levels are down to their lowest rates since the early 1990s. Schoolsaren’t even assigning full books in class anymore. We talk to children’s book author Jason Reynolds, an active teacher in Chicago public schools, and a professor who’s looked into the actual research and says theliteracy crisis doesn’t even exist.
Our guests this week are author Jason Reynolds (buy his new book Soundtrack here),professor PaulThomas, and teacher Kelsey Clodfelter.
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