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Reading is Required

Why so much focus on reading? In April 2011, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reported on a study which showed, "One in six children who are not reading proficiently in third grade do not graduate from high school on time, a rate four times greater than that for proficient readers." To read more about this and other important findings regarding children's literacy click on this link to the full report, “Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation."

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