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Rating Reading
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: September 2, 2005
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In Brief

A recently published study found that over time, children from low-income families who participated in after-school programs were reading at a higher level than peers who were not.

Meanwhile, one teacher complains in USA Today that heavy textbooks featuring abridged, bland, and monolithic writing are ruining the joy of reading for young people.

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