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Teaching kids to read during the coronavirus pandemic: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Keisha McIntosh Allen, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageSiblings, as well as parents, can help young learners become avid readers.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Keisha Allen and Kindel Nash research how kids learn to read and prepare future teachers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. They are also raising children of their own. Here, they answer five questions many families...

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