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We explore why reading scores have fallen, what the Science of Reading actually demands in classrooms, and how AI can scale productive practice without replacing human connection. Vivek Ramakrishnan shares data, bright spots from states like Mississippi, and a grounded look at tutoring tech that helps kids decode for real.
• national reading trends and why they predate the pandemic
• foundations beneath fourth-grade comprehension scores
• what the Science of Reading supports and what it rejects
• bright spots in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
• why early literacy beats late remediation
• explicit instruction, decodables and fluency development
• differences between math rules and English patterns
• how AI scales individualized practice and feedback
• classroom constraints, noise and practical setup
• empowered learners and the moment self-correction clicks
About our guest
Vivek Ramakrishnan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Project Read AI, an AI-powered literacy platform for educators and students alike. Project Read's Science of Reading tool suite allows teachers to generate personalized decodable texts, fluency passages and more, while its AI Tutor delivers personalized, 1-1 early literacy tutoring using speech recognition. Through its bottoms-up, teacher-driven approach, Project Read's AI tools have been adopted by educators in over 50% of US elementary schools. Viv previously was an award-winning teacher at Freedom Preparatory Charter Schools in Memphis and Co-Founder of One City Schools in Madison, Wisconsin. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Stanford Social Impact Founder fellowship to help start Project Read.
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About the podcast
The KindlED Podcast explores the science of nurturing children's potential and creating empowering learning environments.
Powered by Prenda Microschools, each episode offers actionable insights to help you ignite your child's love of learning. We'll dive into evidence-based tools and techniques that kindle young learners' curiosity, motivation, and well-being.
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We're all ears! If you have a question or topic you'd love our hosts to tackle, please send it to [email protected]. Let's dive into the conversation together!
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Chapters
1. Why Reading Scores Are Falling (00:00:00)
2. Meet Viv and Project Read AI (00:02:20)
3. Root Causes Beyond the Pandemic (00:05:45)
4. A Personal Journey Into Education (00:09:50)
5. Why Early Literacy Matters Most (00:16:40)
6. Science of Reading: What Works (00:22:40)
7. Bright Spots: The “Mississippi Miracle” (00:29:40)
8. Inside Effective Classroom Practice (00:36:40)
9. Math vs. Reading: Rules and Exceptions (00:44:20)
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