The Knowledge Gap Episode 3

This week we're covering chapters five and six from The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. Chapter five, "Unbalanced Literacy," is about the history of the balanced literacy movement, specifically the curriculum created by Lucy Calkins and the impact it had on education here in the United States (hint: it wasn't great). Chapter six is titled "Billions for Education Reform, but Barely a Cent for Knowledge" and we're pretty sure you can figure out what it's about. As Adrianne says, here come the billionaires! We talk about the history of education reform starting in the 1990s...where it's been on the right track and where it's failed. As always, we get a little worked up in this episode. How could we not??

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