He can't talk so why would anyone think reading would be any better?
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Clyde
6:03 AM
Study: Bush administration's reading program hasn't helped
A reading program at the center of President Bush's signature education law hasn't added to children's understanding of what they read, a federal study has found.
The federal government has spent about $6 billion on Reading First, which was created as part of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law and brings extra reading instruction, based on recommended practices, into low-income elementary schools.
The report out Thursday from the Institute of Education Sciences, an independent arm of the Education Department, finds no difference in reading comprehension scores among students who participated in Reading First and those who did not.
One of the main goals of the No Child law is to get all children reading at their proper grade level, and the Bush administration has made Reading First a key part of that goal.
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