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S1-02. Background knowledge and education reform: Robert Pondiscio

Science of Reading: The Podcast

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The Cost of a Well-Rounded Education

Sally Kohn: I'm looking at an article you wrote for Knowledge Matters campaign. She says the only way to close the reading achievement gap is to provide a well-rounded education, starting on the very first day of school when the academic knowledge and vocabulary gaps are the smallest. Kohn: We need to understand language development for what it is, not for what we wish it would be.

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