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Maryland has a new plan to get kids reading by third grade. Here’s what to know

October 23, 2024
Captured in a metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia primary school, this photograph depicts a typical classroom scene, where an audience of school children were seated on the floor before a teacher at the front of the room, who was reading an illustrated storybook, during one of the scheduled classroom sessions. Assisting the instructor were two female students to her left, and a male student on her right, who was holding up the book, while the seated classmates were raising their hands to answer questions related to the story just read.

In a couple years, Maryland schools will teach kids to read using brain science, find struggling readers early, and make individual plans to get them caught up by the end of third grade. That’s according to the new comprehensive literacy policy approved Tuesday by the Maryland State Board of Education. That policy recommends struggling readers repeat third grade if all else fails.

Article Source: The Baltimore Banner

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