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How We Read

Teachers are encouraged to promote a love of literacy to students. It’s an important lesson, but it doesn’t give young readers the tools they need to succeed. Cognitive scientist Mark Seidenberg joins us to talk about taking a more scientific approach to teaching reading, the subject of his book “Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It” (Basic Books).