Skeptoid #1045: Balanced Literacy and the Reading Wars

from Skeptoid · host Brian Dunning

What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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