7-minute read Cynthia B. Kaye Early Education Innovator, EdTech Pioneer, CEO – Alive Studios Zoo The latest NAEP results (Nation’s Report Card) bring alarming but unsurprising news – reading scores have dropped again. Fourth-grade literacy proficiency is continuing to decline, reinforcing a growing crisis in early literacy. As an educator, you see this firsthand. Students …
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