Today we speak with Emily Hanford.

Emily Hanford is a senior correspondent and producer for APM Reports, the documentary and investigative journalism group at American Public Media. She’s been covering education for more than a decade. Her work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times, Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, PBS NewsHour and other publications. 
Her audio documentary and article “Hard Words: Why aren’t kids being taught to read?” won a 2018 public service award from the Education Writers Association. She is based in the Washington, D.C area. 

https://www.apmreports.org/documentaries
Here are a few pieces she has written about reading:
Op-Ed in the New York Times Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/opinion/sunday/phonics-teaching-reading-wrong-way.html
Follow up to Hard Words on APM Reports website What to do if your child's school isn't teaching reading right?:
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2018/10/08/what-to-do-if-your-childs-school-isnt-teaching-reading-right
Story for Morning Edition, NPR Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It:
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/677722959/why-millions-of-kids-cant-read-and-what-better-teaching-can-do-about-it

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