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Free books block 'summer slide' in low-income students

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.usatoday.com (Views: 93, Clicks: 3)  View Story

Research has shown that simply giving children books may be as effective as summer school — and a lot cheaper.

2 comments | Tags: reading books summer school summer slide access books | Topic: Elementary/Primary BAD >_<

#1 by nitajo posted ago +3 apples bad good
Give a child a book, she’ll be happy.
Give a child a library, she’ll be literate.




Access Books provides quality, high-interest books to Southern California's most impoverished school libraries. Many students at the schools we serve simply do not have anything to read. -- http://www.accessbooks.net/
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