Gary Naeyaert is executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project a nonprofit that advocates for quality school choice in Michigan. We’re having a vigorous debate in Michigan about how to address the fact that nearly one-third of our elementary school students are not proficient readers. Given the critical importance of early literacy to […]
Gary Naeyaert
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Making early literacy a priority for Michigan
Reading is the gateway to future academic success. A national consensus of research proves that and no other single factor is more critical in predicting future success or failure in education than 3rd-grade reading proficiency. We know that students in kindergarten through 3rd grade are learning to read, and starting in 4th grade students begin […]
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