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Teaching Kids to Read by Expanding Their World

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Published: October 16, 2016 by VPR Producer

We hear it all the time – why can’t our kids read better? Our guest has some thoughts on the issue and offers some suggestions to parents, educators and policymakers about how expanding our children’s knowledge base in school will help make them better readers overall.


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  • Robert Pondiscio is the Executive Director of the Knowledge Matters Campaign, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, DC, and a former inner-city elementary school teacher.

Links for Additional Info:

  • Knowledge Matters Campaign – “Are your children learning enough to make their dreams come true?”
Program #: 16-42segment type: Feature StoriesTopics - Child Development| Children and Parenting| Education| Law/Policy and Enforcement| Literacy| Literature and Writing| Public Policy| ReadingGuests - Robert PondiscioInstitutions - Thomas B. Fordham InstituteHost - Marty PetersonProducers - Pat Reuter
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