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We continue our discussion about the literacy crisis in American schools and the problems with "cueing" methods that teach children to guess words rather than sound them out.

• A real-life example of a sixth-grade student who struggled with reading due to being taught with picture-based guessing strategies
• The critical importance of third grade as a reading benchmark and how falling behind creates a compounding problem
• How to determine if your child's school is using ineffective reading methods
• Warning terms to watch for: reading recovery, cueing, Fontas and Pinnell, and whole language
• The financial incentives for curriculum companies to sell ineffective reading programs
• How affluent parents compensate by hiring outside tutors while other children continue to struggle
• States implementing phonics-based instruction are seeing dramatic improvements in reading scores
• The connection between reading methods and spelling ability - children can't spell words they can't decode
• Companies are now changing their approach due to pressure, not because they care about children

Check out the "Sold a Story" podcast for a deeper investigation into this issue, and please share this episode with other parents and educators to raise awareness about effective reading instruction.

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