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Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

Cristina Scholl, first-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary, uses a curriculum that mixes teacher-directed whole-class phonics lessons with small-group activities. Emily Hanford/APM Reports hide caption

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Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

The instruction many students get is not based on the overwhelming scientific evidence about how kids turn spoken sounds into letters and words on a page.

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State Of The Union Takeaways

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State Of The Union Takeaways

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Iowans Give Their Take On The State Of The Union

by Don Gonyea

Iowans Give Their Take On The State Of The Union

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Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

Archaeologist Koji Iesaki holds a carved roof ornament excavated at the former site of the Jyokyo-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. Iesaki and other archaeologists have their hands full as a pre-Olympic building boom has helped reveal centuries-old artifacts from the city's long history. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption

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Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

by Anthony Kuhn

Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

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Inaugural Committee Chair's Company Sought To Profit From Trump Connections

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Inaugural Committee Chair's Company Sought To Profit From Trump Connections

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Religion

Pope Francis Acknowledges Sexual Abuse Of Nuns

by Sylvia Poggioli

Pope Francis Acknowledges Sexual Abuse Of Nuns

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Animals

Elephant Seals Take Over California Beach

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The History Of SOTU Responses

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Education

Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

by Emily Hanford

Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It

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World

The Year Of The Pig Begins

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Arizona Border Town Residents Respond To SOTU

by Joel Rose

Arizona Border Town Residents Respond To SOTU

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Democratic And Republican Strategists On SOTU

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Europe

Controversy Surrounds Planned Hungarian Holocaust Museum

by Joanna Kakissis

Controversy Surrounds Planned Hungarian Holocaust Museum

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World

Foreign Policy In The SOTU

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Alabama Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting

by Sherrel Wheeler Stewart

Alabama Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting

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Arts & Life

Girl Scout Tries New Cookie Sales Strategy

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Opinion

Opinion: Now Is The Winter Of The NBA Players' Discontent

by Mike Pesca

Opinion: Now Is The Winter Of The NBA Players' Discontent

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Sun Rays God Sense

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Swan God Sense

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Politics

What To Make Of The State Of The Union

by Mara Liasson

What To Make Of The State Of The Union

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Middle East

7-Year-Old Dies In Tent Fire In Syrian Refugee Camp

by Ruth Sherlock

7-Year-Old Dies In Tent Fire In Syrian Refugee Camp

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