Join thousands of families and educators nationwide as we kick off another exciting SUMMER OF READING at our inaugural National Family Reading Event (FRE) on Tuesday, May 23, 2023! This presentation reviews how the Kids Read Now summer reading program works and provides reading tips for parents and kids… PLUS a special guest will read […]
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Glen Miller joins Eric Hultgren from MI’s Best Podcast to discuss children’s literacy, the origins of Kids Read Now, and how our evidence-based in home reading programs are raising K-5 literacy rates coast to coast.
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March 28, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: Christine Elegante, k-3 literacy specialist, 801-538-7782, christine.elegante@schools.utah.gov USBE Partners with Kids Read Now to Provide Free Books to K-3 Students in Utah SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has partnered with Kids Read Now, an innovative nonprofit program that provides free books to young students to
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison study has found that the Kids Read Now program decreases or eliminates the reading losses associated with summer break (TROY, Ohio) Sept. 10, 2019 — According to a new study of the program’s efficacy, Kids Read Now (KRN), a leading supplemental reading program designed to combat summer slide, completely negates summer reading losses for low-income students when
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There is no way it can be stressed enough: the benefits of having books in the home are crucial to future reading success. Think about your children’s toys. If there are toys in the house where children have access, they are going to play with them. The same holds true with books. The easier it
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I was ten years old when I found myself gazing with wonder at the brass chandeliers, marble floors, carved woodwork and dozens of stern portraits gazing down on us in the ornate and imposing hearing room in the U.S. Capitol. It was the 1960s and my mother, Ellen Lurie, was testifying before a joint committee
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Richard L. Allington is a professor of education at the University of Tennessee and has served as the president of the International Reading Association, president of the National Reading Conference, and as a member of the International Reading Association Board of Directors. He is also a director of Kids Read Now. Anne McGill-Franzen is a
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Finland has long been one of the top countries in the world regarding reading scores. The last time that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, Finland was ranked fourth in the world. The Finnish school system has always enjoyed a place at the top
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No longer required to be in a classroom for hours every day, students spend their summers relaxing and trying to pack all the fun in they can before fall. While they have certainly earned a break after nine months of school, taking a full summer off from learning is dangerous. It can lead to the
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Sitting down with a good book for pleasure is much different than sitting down to go over tax documents or reading a book that you are analyzing for a paper. Readers relax when they read for pleasure. They make a comfortable space and do all they cannot be interrupted while they devour tales of trips
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