Balanced Literacy and the Reading Wars

Brian Dunning· Host0:00

[music] How much do you remember about the days when you first learned to read? Did you ever know what method was used to teach you, and did you ever receive any instruction outside of school? Chances are you learned via a method that was on one side or the other of what's become known as the reading wars, and quite possibly one of the primary villains in that little war, a little method deceptively known as balanced literacy. And in our extended content for Premium members, a look at how the reading wars are really just one more example of the rosy retrospection fallacy. That's coming up right now on Skeptoid.

Rachel Feldman0:44

I'm Rachel Feltman, and I host a podcast from Popular Science called The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. Every other week, I circle up with guests like Bill Nye, Josh Gombelman, Mary Roach, and many more to prove that the lofty and noble pursuit of science can also be profoundly weird. From flying Ford Pintos to the world's most illegal cheese, The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is the ultimate source for all things interesting, informative, and most importantly, frickin' weird. Check out The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week wherever you get your podcasts. Come on over whenever you're ready to get weird.

Brian Dunning· Host1:23

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from skeptoid.com.