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Remembering Laura Bemus
Read moreLaura Lou Bemus was not just a terrific educator, but an amazing sharing and giving person. Her kids and ours grew up together, so we saw through more than 3 decades how this unique individual handled herself, her beliefs, her drive and always, always- building on her self-eternalized vision of how to make family life, …
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Addressing the Summer Slide
Read moreIn 2012, my wife Barb and I were commiserating about the state of reading in the country—specifically what she, a 4th grade teacher, called ‘the dreaded summer slide’. Far too many kids, particularly from families that struggle, head back into class every fall, with less opportunity than their peers. They are not as engaged. They …
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Still SO Much to Do: Fixing the Literacy Issue in America’s Schools
Read moreThe Current Situation Did you know that more than 65% of kids across the country are not reading at grade level, and the number jumps to 80% for low income students? Kids Read Now’s mission of eliminating learning loss and building home libraries for every PreK-5 student in the country is more important and pressing …
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New Facility to Kick Off 10 Years!
Read moreKids Read Now’s long term growth trend is over 30% a year and will ship nearly 1 million books this summer alone! To position ourselves for our continued growth we needed more storage and fulfillment operations space. This need became apparent in 2021, and in November we signed a new lease. The move made sense …
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Learn-to-Learn
Read moreThe team at Learn-to-Learn has over 40 years of experience in coaching, educating, and supporting others to become better learners. Their passion is to freely support fellow humans in discovering and expressing their best qualities to the highest degree. If you believe that learning is at the root of all growth and all varieties of …
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And the winner is…
Read more…team Flying Minions! Check out the video below for a look behind the scenes at the Kids Read Now fulfillment center and the need that sparked creativity for first place winners Jacky Cai and Luke Duncan. You can read the full story about the engineering challenge and the engineering champions from the University of Dayton …
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Kids Read Now Engineering Challenge!
Read moreUniversity of Dayton engineering students are working with Kids Read Now to in a contest to improve our fulfillment center’s efficiency. Check out the full article or watch the video coverage!
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Essentials for Inclusivity
Read moreIf inclusion initiatives increase productivity and innovation in business, imagine how they could do the same for your classroom/institution. If inclusion initiatives increase employee satisfaction and retention in business, imagine how they could increase the attention and literacy of students. Tony Dungy, first Black NFL coach to win a Super Bowl says, “Inclusion initiatives …