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When you're working on something that's so critical to a child's life, belief systems don't cut it.

Evidence cuts it.

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify, where the

science of reading lives. Last time, we brought you part one of a wide-ranging conversation

with Dr. Reed Lyon, neuroscientist, and specialist in learning disorders. One of the world's leading experts on literacy,

Dr. Lyon, is now retired. But he recently authored a piece titled Ten Maxums, what we've learned

so far about how children learn to read. As soon as we saw the piece, we sent Dr. Lyon an invitation

to come on to the show.

Not only did he say yes, he was so generous with his time and expertise that we're sharing the conversation in two parts.

If you haven't already listened to Part 1, please scroll back in your feed and start there.

At the end of Part 1, Dr. Lyon was telling us how he began to share his research with members

of Congress.

And we're going to pick up with the story of an important phone call and how it led to Dr. Lyon

having a critical role in the Reading First initiative.

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