• 3: The Battle

  • Oct 27 2022
  • Length: 41 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • President George W. Bush made improving reading instruction a priority. He got Congress to provide money to schools that used reading programs supported by scientific research. But backers of Marie Clay’s cueing idea saw Bush’s Reading First initiative as a threat.


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