So You Want To Talk About The Literacy Crisis.....

Hi babblers! If you’re reading this then it is officially spring! Pat on the back to us all for making it through, though we still have a couple weeks till the last frost.Through tiktok debates, bad movie adaptation discourse, & popular headlines I’ve noticed a pattern of using the so called, literacy crisis, to diminish people’s opinions or as a vague term to virtue signal and separate yourself as an intellectual. But what even is the literacy crisis? And how easily can we fall into elitist rhetoric instead of investigating the intersectionality and root of a problem? So let’s chat about the literacy crisis!Special thanks to my mom, Sarah Hawley, for joining me to have a deep discussion about education, the literacy crisis, and the American school system with her first hand 20+ years experience as an educator.REFERENCES & MORE INFO: https://babblings.net/so-you-want-to-talk-about-the-literacy-crisis/Time Stamps:5:20 Current Events Corner6:24 Jon Lemon & Georgia Fort - Journalist Arrested10:37 Remembering Wael Tarabishi - ICE targeting people w/ disabilities14:21 US/Israel v Iran16:49 Main Topic: The So Called Literacy Crisis20:17 The Reading Wars & Literacy Politics24:04 Literacy Crisis or Critical Thinking Crisis?25:16 Let’s Talk To An ExpertINTERVIEW STARTS:26:30 What are the challenges to teaching kids how to read?37:35 Understanding Literacy Crisis Data49:55 Phonics vs Whole Language56:05 The American School System1:00:06 The Importance of Reading & Complex Texts1:20:14 Reading & Empathy1:24:50 AI and Future Crisis1:26:46 JUST READ!!1:28:23 OutroLinks:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20Podcast Links: https://babblings.net/category/babblings_pod/Blog: babblings.netMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/sounds-from-spaceLicense code: HFCWEOEYJ9AUOI6C This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com