Dolly Parton created the Imagination Library to encourage kids to read early and well. All the research shows that reading to children when they are very young increases their reading skills. Read to your children even before they understand the words. Reading is an essential skill for success today, more so than ever before. With […]
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Space Camp is back! And it’s going to be super. It will be an ‘out of your mind” experience. If you like STEM courses, and even if you don’t, you’ll have a great time with Mister Fred, the NASA-certified lead. You don’t want to miss out on this unique event. You will feel like you’ve
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(Do you believe it is possible to predict the future?) The single most important predictor of a community’s future economic and social well-being is the quality of the education it provides its youngest members. Every indicator of a community’s vitality, economic, social, crime, housing, and poverty, are directly related to the level of academic achievement
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South Carolina joins the national move to the science of reading (phonics).
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The Educational Foundation has been assessing the keys to competent reading in our local elementary school’s first graders since 2022. Using DIBLES, a reading assessment tool, we have followed the development of the five skills students need for success. These skills are basic but unless they are learned to fluency, the reader’s proficiency will always
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