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Learning Loss Guide for Educators, Caregivers, and Community Leaders
Read more: Learning Loss Guide for Educators, Caregivers, and Community LeadersEducators need fresh ideas, tools, and resources, as well as innovative ways to combat learning loss and, more specifically, reading loss. This guide is for educators, school district administrators, families, and community leaders, delving into how to define learning loss in relation to reading loss, what experts believe causes it, its impact on individuals and…
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Literacy Acceleration Playbook
Read more: Literacy Acceleration PlaybookWin. Excel. Beat a personal best. These are the mindsets of athletes. Even those who are not athletes know that in order to meet goals such as winning or surpassing a personal record one must practice, put in hard work, train, learn technique, and take feedback to help refine performance. In addition to the aforementioned…
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If Evidence Doesn’t Matter, Don’t Read This.
Read more: If Evidence Doesn’t Matter, Don’t Read This.Need to improve proficiency scores? Move forward by not going backward. Losing reading skill is perennial, impacts all students (especially economically disadvantaged kids,) and IS AVOIDABLE. Two research studies (University of Wisconsin and Arizona State University) indicate the Kids Read Now program has shown to eliminate summer reading slide. The evidence is clear. There are…
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Kids Read Now in the News!
Read more: Kids Read Now in the News!“The effects of the summer slide can potentially be devastating for at-risk and struggling readers,” said Barb Lurie, who co-founded Kids Read Now with her husband and CEO, Leib Lurie. Barb, a former educator, sits on the Kids Read Now Board. “Most low-income kids are a year behind in reading by the time they enter…
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Remembering Laura Bemus
Read more: Remembering Laura BemusLaura 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 more: Addressing the Summer SlideIn 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 more: Still SO Much to Do: Fixing the Literacy Issue in America’s SchoolsThe 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 more: New Facility to Kick Off 10 Years!Kids 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 more: Learn-to-LearnThe 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…