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Podcast: The Reading Instruction Show
Episode: Emotions, Logic, Intuition, Knowledge and the Science of Reading
Description: It’s an emotional response, make no mistake about that. The decision to abandon good reading instruction and move to what the SoR zealots call structured literacy is an emotional response.  The decision to use hyperbole and pejorative statements to dismiss that with which you are unfamiliar is an emotional response. The decision to take the argument out of an academic realm to a political realm, and to threaten and bully those who disagree is an emotional response.  The decision to give credence to a radio journalist and ignore real literacy experts is an emotional decision. Now, there’s nothing wr...