Scholastic Education Research Compendium

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38%

of fourth-graders read 10 pages of text or less at school or for homework, which equals about 8-12 minutes of daily reading .

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The family seems to be the most effective and economical system for fostering and sustaining the child’s development. Without family involvement, intervention is likely to be unsuccessful, and what few effects are achieved are likely to disappear once the intervention is discontinued. —Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner, Harvard Family Research

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THE JOY AND POWER OF READING

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