Emily Hanford

The Outlier Sold a Story Episode 11: There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it?

A federal judge struck down a lawsuit against publisher Heinemann and its star authors Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell. Attorneys successfully argued the lawsuit asked the court “to wade into a decades-long academic debate.” apmreports.org/story/2025/05/… by Carmela Guaglianone

What a big day for the @latrobe #SOLARLab team with @ehanford receiving an Honorary Doctorate in acknowledgement of her enormous contribution to public and academic discourse on reading instruction. With yours truly, @tserry2504 & Prof Joanna Barbousas.

It was our pleasure to honour internationally acclaimed journalist Emily Hanford today with one of La Trobe's highest accolades—a Doctor of Education (honoris causa)—for helping to spark conversations about how children are taught to read and helping to transform the global…

I love hearing how teachers are responding to Sold a Story. This one is from teacher @Ashton_Venters.

You may not know this, but Sold a Story would not have happened if not for public media. I've worked in public media my entire career. It's foundational to my professional - and personal - life. I'm deeply concerned about the future of the industry. americanpublicmedia.org/support

The National Archives will no longer be open to the public. The NATIONAL ARCHIVES!! I was there last month reporting for Sold a Story Season 2. archives.gov/college-park

A week from tomorrow, on Sat June 28. Would love to see you there. planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-on…

What's hard about learning how to read?

Did you know the federal govt spent $120 million to study reading comprehension - and learned a lot! On June 28, one of the researchers will be coming to @PlanetWordDC to discuss what it takes to help kids understand what they read. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/p…

If you can't make the event in person, it will be recorded. Here's a @YouTube playlist of past Eyes on Reading events @PlanetWordDC youtube.com/watch?v=uDKYfe…

New event @PlanetWordDC in June. This time, we have James Kim coming to talk about the landmark Reading for Understanding initiative and how to promote comprehension. Tickets available now. Would love to see you there! planetwordmuseum.org/events/eyes-on…

Great to see that @PlanetWordDC is hosting Dr. Jimmy Kim, who has done amazing work on how building knowledge can promote reading comprehension! Should be a terrific event--at a terrific museum.

This series is so good. The events are recorded for everyone to watch, but if you are in the DC area and have an opportunity to attend a session live, do it!

I work with @PlanetWordDC on a speaker series. We created a video to share the story of what we've done over the past year. More to come in 2025... youtube.com/watch?v=uDKYfe…

Many schools rely on an organization called EdReports when deciding which reading programs to purchase. But there's a problem with that.

We turned our most recent Sold a Story episodes into a one-hour program for @reveal. You can hear it on public radio stations nationwide this weekend, and here: revealnews.org/podcast/readin…

We hosted @markseidenberg and @mcmacdonald at @PlanetWordDC to discuss "What's next in the science of reading?" We recorded it and now you can watch it: youtube.com/watch?v=mfeFw1…