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- How Children Learn to Read—and Why So Many Struggle: A clear, accessible look at how reading develops, why it is not intuitive, and how instructional gaps—not intelligence or effort—leave many children behind.
- When Reading Is Hard: What Parents Should Know: Helping families recognize red flags, understand what’s developmentally typical, and identify pathways to effective support and resources.
- Why the Books Matter: Decodable Readers & Early Reading Success:Explaining the difference between books that support decoding and those that encourage guessing—and why access to the right texts can change everything for beginning and struggling readers.
- The Literacy Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight: Connecting early reading instruction to long-term outcomes like graduation, workforce readiness, and adult literacy—making the case that literacy is a community issue.
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