April 26, 2009: New effort made to aid young readers
Sunday, April 26, 2009
By JEANETTE DeFORGE
Reprinted with permission.
SPRINGFIELD - An education foundation, pediatricians, business leaders and a nationally recognized author will join together to find a way to ensure all city children can read well by the time they finish the third grade.
Reading Success by Fourth Grade is a grass-roots initiative being launched through the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation and combining dozens of groups focused on improving the lives of children.
"The third grade is a critical milestone. Until third-grade children learn to read and after third grade they read to learn," said Sally C. Fuller, project director for the Davis Foundation's Cherish Every Child project.
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