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5: The Company
Season 1 · Episode 5

5: The Company

Sold a Story

November 10, 202247m 24s

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Show Notes

Teachers call books published by Heinemann their bibles. The company's products are in schools all over the country. Some of the products used to teach reading are rooted in a debunked idea about how children learn to read. But they've made the company and some of its authors millions. 


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