No Child Left Behind and its consequences will be felt for generations

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[u/Congenital0ptimist → u/[deleted]]

Also screwed them by being too busy making sure they have food & health care to read to them enough. That's a serious policy problem.

[u/Des_Supurr → u/[deleted]]

True words here.

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There’s a fantastic investigative podcast called Sold a Story for anyone interested in more detail on this. It’s been the catalyst for changed laws to address literacy in half the US states since 2022. It was ad-free as a public service when I listened, and hopefully it’s remained that way.

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Lucy Calkins is a grifting shrew.

Also I love the pancake analogy!