• 2: The Idea

  • Oct 20 2022
  • Length: 51 mins
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2: The Idea

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  • Sixty years ago, Marie Clay developed a way to teach reading she said would help kids who were falling behind. They’d catch up and never need help again. Today, her program remains popular, and her theory about how people read is at the root of a lot of reading instruction in schools. But Marie Clay was wrong.


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