A short excerpt from the New York Times article
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A Summer of Extra Reading and Hope for Fourth Grade
Literacy Laws Challenge Third Graders and Schools
“If I were a parent and I had a struggling third grader, I would get whatever help I could to help get them up to speed,” said Deborah J. Stipek, dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. “But if I were a state policymaker or superintendent, I would say, ‘What can we offer these kids in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade so they aren’t behind when they get to third grade?’ ”