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There's No Research Saying Kids Must Learn to Read by Age 5 (opens the original)
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For decades, parents have been told that learning to read by age five is essential — and if a child isn't there yet, panic sets in. But that timeline was never based on child development research. It came from systemic pressure: benchmarks, testing, and the assumption that starting earlier means more time to intervene. Multiple studies comparing early readers to later readers show no long-term academic advantage for kids who start formal reading instruction earlier. Children who begin later catc
Why Mississippi's Reading Scores Skyrocketed (And What It Means for Your Child) (opens the original)
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What if your child's struggle to read has nothing to do with them — and everything to do with how they're being taught? In this episode, I'm breaking down the "Mississippi Miracle" — how a state that used to rank near the bottom in reading scores turned things around and posted some of the biggest reading gains in the country. It wasn't luck, more homework, or a new gadget. It was a shift to explicit, systematic phonics instruction rooted in Structured Literacy. I'll walk you through exactly wha
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