Sold a Story

Last updated January 06, 2026

Sold a Story was a serial podcast about the rise and fall of balanced literacy and other non-research-based methods of teaching children to read. It was distributed by American Public Media and created by Emily Hanford. It was wildly popular, with over 3.5 million downloads in 2023 alone,^[1] and has been credited with helping accelerate the rise of phonics-based education and the fall of whole language.

References

↑ Korbey, Holly (2024-08-09). "How a Podcast Toppled the Reading Instruction Canon". Edutopia. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

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[1] Korbey, Holly (2024-08-09). "How a Podcast Toppled the Reading Instruction Canon". Edutopia. Archived from the original on 2025-06-11. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

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