The M. T. Becker Podcast

On the ninth episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, Tiesha and I discuss our takeaways from our second season. In general, we both feel reading is fundamental and America needs to improve its overall literacy rate. 

During this episode, I misspoke. I meant to say that if everyone graduated from high school, not college, prison population will be reduced by 80%.

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On the eighth episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, we invite you to listen to Zinger In The Woods audiobook trailer. Zinger In The Woods audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. 

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On the eight episode of season 2, Podcasting on the Go, we invite you to listen to Zinger In The Woods Audiobook Trailer. 

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On the seventh episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, Tiesha and I discuss standardized testing and how to close the achievement gap. Let's try some new ideas and... 

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On the sixth episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, we discuss the No Child Left Behind Act as well as the Every Student Succeeds Act. Both of these acts/government policies left students uneducated, talented teachers handcuffed, and parents fed up with the public school system in America.

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On the fifth episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, Mark and I try to wrap our heads around the statistic that; in low-income neighborhoods there is ONLY ONE BOOK FOR EVERY THREE HUNDRED CHILDREN. First off, how is this even possible? And, secondly, this has to change immediately! We must provide our children with the tools they need to succeed.

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On the fourth episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, we podcast, with Breshaun, in the beautiful Sandia Mountains. Our topic today is what determines an educated society. We, also, question the notion that America is the most educated country in the world. How could this be true if 50% of Americans can't read a book written at an eight grade level?

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On this third episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, Tiesha and I zero in on the fact that 80% of America's prison population dropped out of high school.

We know that learning how to read will reduce or eliminate this fact which in turn will help solve America's mass incarceration problem.

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On this second episode of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate, Mark and I discuss the illiteracy epidemic in New Mexico and ways we all can help end it. #Roughly half of the people living in New Mexico have trouble reading and writing. 

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On episode 1 of season 2, Improving America's Literacy Rate. Tiesha and I have decided to discuss literacy in America because 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and 1 out of 4 children in America cannot read.

In addition to this podcast, we will dedicate our entire season 2 to helping and encouraging our podcast family to read more.

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