Many schools rely on an organization called EdReports when deciding which reading programs to purchase. But there's a problem with that.

I love hearing how teachers are responding to Sold a Story. This one is from teacher Ashton Venters.

I work with Planet Word Museum on a speaker series. We created a video to share the story of what we've done over the past year. More to come in 2025... youtube.com/watch?v=uDKYfe…

This series is so good. The events are recorded for everyone to watch, but if you are in the DC area and have an opportunity to attend a session live, do it!

It was our pleasure to honour internationally acclaimed journalist Emily Hanford today with one of La Trobe's highest accolades—a Doctor of Education (honoris causa)—for helping to spark conversations about how children are taught to read and helping to transform the global

What a big day for the La Trobe University #SOLARLab team with Emily Hanford receiving an Honorary Doctorate in acknowledgement of her enormous contribution to public and academic discourse on reading instruction. With yours truly, Tanya Anne Serry PhD & Prof Joanna Barbousas.

New event Planet Word Museum in June. This time, we have James Kim coming to talk about the landmark Reading for Understanding initiative and how to promote comprehension. Tickets available now. Would love to see you there! planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-on…

Great to see that Planet Word Museum is hosting Dr. Jimmy Kim, who has done amazing work on how building knowledge can promote reading comprehension! Should be a terrific event--at a terrific museum.

A federal judge struck down a lawsuit against publisher Heinemann and its star authors Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell. Attorneys successfully argued the lawsuit asked the court “to wade into a decades-long academic debate.” apmreports.org/story/2025/05/… by Carmela Guaglianone

If you can't make the event in person, it will be recorded. Here's a YouTube playlist of past Eyes on Reading events Planet Word Museum youtube.com/watch?v=uDKYfe…

Did you know the federal govt spent $120 million to study reading comprehension - and learned a lot! On June 28, one of the researchers will be coming to Planet Word Museum to discuss what it takes to help kids understand what they read. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/p…

What's hard about learning how to read?

A week from tomorrow, on Sat June 28. Would love to see you there. planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-on…

The National Archives will no longer be open to the public. The NATIONAL ARCHIVES!! I was there last month reporting for Sold a Story Season 2. archives.gov/college-park

You may not know this, but Sold a Story would not have happened if not for public media. I've worked in public media my entire career. It's foundational to my professional - and personal - life. I'm deeply concerned about the future of the industry. americanpublicmedia.org/support

Zach Groshell Like many, I first learned about SOR about 4 years ago (cue Emily Hanford 😊). I distinctly remember thinking: Wouldn’t it be great if there was a “Science of _____”? So I set out searching and discovered SOL. I’m still learning…but it’s already changed me as a teacher (20+ yrs in!)

Excellent summary of the intellectual history of "cueing." These are ideas and citations Christopher Peak and I spent years poring over to make Sold a Story. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.31…