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Texas kids can't read. Here's how to help them. (Opinion)

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By Julie Baker Finck, Juliet Stipeche, Pam Wells
| Houston Chronicle Verified
A new school year is in full swing. On the surface it may appear that a sense of normalcy has returned, with students and teachers back in classrooms following the disruptions of COVID, but let’s not be naïve. The reality is we have an ongoing crisis looming under the surface that must be addressed. Just look at reading scores across our country. They are lower than they were pre-pandemic, and no different from 30 years ago, according to our Nation’s Report Card.
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Lone Star Listens: Julie Baker Finck

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By Julie Baker Finck
| Lone Star Literary Life
On this Presidents’ Day weekend, it seems only appropriate to learn more about the literacy support of Texas’s resident presidential family—the Bushes. While First Lady Laura Bush of Dallas, herself a onetime librarian, is widely known for her work with libraries and reading, her mother-in-law, First Lady Barbara Bush, of Houston, has also lent her support to a similar cause.
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A 15-minute prescription for boosting literacy rates - Your Houston News: Opinion

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By Julie Baker Finck
| chron.com
Research shows that reading aloud is the single most important activity parents, grandparents, childcare providers, teachers and other caring adults can engage in with a child to develop critical, early language and foundational skills for learning how to read.
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