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Reading matters
This new study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that grade 3 kids who are reading below grade level are 4 times less likely to graduate from high school. And if the kids are from poor families, they are 13 times less likely to graduate from high school than their wealthier peers who read at grade level or better. The researchers didn’t look at grade 1 kids who are reading below grade level but it is likely, based on other research, that the same applies to grade 1 kids.
Primary teachers have an awesome responsibility. Their students’ futures are literally in their hands!
While I’m on the subject, we promised to mention the International Dyslexia Association’s (Ontario Branch) conference in Toronto on May 7 in Toronto. More information here.