How to Get Good at Reading if You're Short of Books

Bob Greene: It's difficult to get good at reading if you're short of print. Government programs like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top ensure that children who are behind in reading are entitled to after school tutoring, he says. But giving phonics lessons to kids who don't have any print in their lives is like giving oars to people who don’t have a boat, Greene writes. Greene: If you want your child to read books, you need to spend money and fill your home with books. He has three non-reading children who all love books because they've been surrounded by them.