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Emily Hanford

@ehanford

Creator and Host, Sold a Story http://soldastory.org Journalist-in-Residence, Planet Word http://planetword.org On Bluesky @ehanford and Facebook emily.hanford

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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?


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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…

latrobe's tweet image. 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…


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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…

latrobe's tweet image. 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…

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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…

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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…

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

Opinion: After years in the classroom, @Ashton_Venters was shocked by what she learned from the “Sold a Story” podcast. She recommends 10 action steps, including an emphasis on decoding, teacher training & support for parents. @ReadingHorizons @ehanford buff.ly/qFV3AsZ

The74's tweet image. Opinion: After years in the classroom, @Ashton_Venters was shocked by what she learned from the “Sold a Story” podcast. She recommends 10 action steps, including an emphasis on decoding, teacher training & support for parents. @ReadingHorizons @ehanford buff.ly/qFV3AsZ


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…


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Sold a Story was featured in this weekend’s New York Times: “This American Public Media podcast lays out how a deeply flawed teaching method took hold despite having been widely debunked by cognitive scientists.” nytimes.com/2025/03/29/art…


In the Sunday Arts section of the @nytimes. nytimes.com/2025/03/29/art…

ehanford's tweet image. In the Sunday Arts section of the @nytimes.  nytimes.com/2025/03/29/art…

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Our November Series Essential pick, Sold a Story, is back from hiatus with new reporting centered on an Ohio school district defying the odds. 📈 Join @ehanford as she discovers how this Rust Belt town is creating classes of good readers. apple.co/SAS

ApplePodcasts's tweet image. Our November Series Essential pick, Sold a Story, is back from hiatus with new reporting centered on an Ohio school district defying the odds. 📈

Join @ehanford as she discovers how this Rust Belt town is creating classes of good readers.

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Sold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three episodes are out now.

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?



Did you listen to Sold a Story when it first came out? There were six episodes then. Did you know there are now 13? (plus 7 bonus episodes) The latest is out today. The List: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-…


New today from @CLPeak A look at a EdReports, one of the most powerful gatekeepers influencing the instructional materials schools buy. apmreports.org/story/2025/03/…


Have you heard the new episodes of Sold a Story?


Episode 13 of Sold a Story is coming tomorrow. (Episodes 11 and 12 are available now) features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/


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When the kids speak, we should listen.

🎧 New episodes of Sold a Story are available now. 🎧



🎧 New episodes of Sold a Story are available now. 🎧


🎧 New today! Sold a Story Episode 12: The Evidence 🎧podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sol…


If you're looking for something to listen to after Sold a Story Ep 11: The Outlier, I recommend @karinchenoweth's podcast ExtraOrdinary Districts. More stories of more places getting great results. edtrust.org/rti/extraordin… (And Ep 12 is coming Thursday, Feb 27!)


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