Introducing the Knowledge Matters Podcast: Reading Comprehension Revisited

06/13/23 • 4 min

Coming soon: "Reading Comprehension Revisited," the inaugural series from the Knowledge Matters Podcast. Hosted by Natalie Wexler, education journalist and author of “The Knowledge Gap”, this series explores one of the most pressing dilemmas in education today: the hidden cause of America’s reading crisis.
In this powerful and compelling series, Natalie tackles crucial questions such as, why do students from low-income backgrounds typically score lower on reading tests? Why do improvements in the early grades fade out as students advance to higher levels? And most significantly, why haven't substantial investments in education reform delivered expected results?
The answer lies in a longstanding misunderstanding about reading comprehension itself, and how students learn to make meaning from texts. Over six episodes, you’ll learn what research tells us about how children really learn to read, and you’ll hear from educators from around the country as they share their experiences of embedding knowledge-building into their literacy instruction, and the powerful effects this change had on their students.
Season 1 is coming soon, so subscribe to the Knowledge Matters Podcast, and be a part of this important conversation.
This podcast is produced by the Knowledge Matters Campaign. You can learn more about our work at www.knowledgematterscampaign.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Search #knowledgematters and join this important conversation. If you'd like to get in touch with Natalie, you can contact her through her website, www.nataliewexler.com.

Production by Sarah Gilmore and Aidan Shea. Original music and sound engineering by Aidan Shea. Narration recorded at Bamboo Recording Studios.

06/13/23 • 4 min

The Knowledge Matters Podcast - Introducing the Knowledge Matters Podcast: Reading Comprehension Revisited

Transcript

Deloris Fowler: As time went along I just felt inside it was wrong. I mean, when my kids, my first graders are saying to me, am I always going to be in the low group, you know? And I knew, I was like, okay this is not a good feeling. This is just not a good culture to have where kids feel like they're trapped in that.

Natalie Wexler: There’s a hidden problem at the root of America’s reading crisis: we’ve overlooked the importance of building childr

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