Christopher Peek
Journalist and co-reporter who contributed to the APM Reports / Reveal coverage, providing reporting and context about curriculum reviews and EdReports in the episode.
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Feb 28, 2026 • 50min
Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right
Christopher Peek, journalist who covered curriculum reviews and EdReports, and Emily Hanford, investigative reporter on reading instruction, discuss Steubenville’s rare success teaching virtually all students to read. They explore preschool access, sounds-first phonics, district-wide reading practices, data-driven tutoring, attendance strategies, and how state policy and curriculum reviews threatened then later validated Steubenville’s approach.
