Why We Need a Reading Comprehension Movement: An Interview with Robert Pondiscio

In this episode we are chatting with Robert Pondiscio. Robert is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on K–12 education, curriculum, teaching, school choice, and charter schooling. We discuss the importance of reading comprehension in the Science of Reading, which is being overlooked by some. Here is the link to Roberts's article.https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/wanted-science-reading-comprehension-movementHere is the link to Dan Willingham's video Robert talks about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiP-ijdxqEcLink to Baseball Experiment: https://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/baseball-experiment-two-wisconsin-researchers-discovered-comprehension-gap-knowledge-gap/

If you are enjoying our podcasts, please leave a five star review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-knowledge/id1618939881

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoreKnowledgeFoundation

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreknowledgefoundation/