End The Summer Break Literacy Slide By Letting Kids Pick Their Summer Books

Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 17:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Those "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid" books are not "The Good Earth", they are not going to win Pulitzer Prizes, but they are a lot better for kids in the summer than staying glued to YouTube videos. And for most kids, that is going to be the choice. Rather than sending home a reading list (poor schools) or stacks of books (rich schools) in the hopes of combating the the literacy loss experienced during the summer break, a new study finds that letting kids choose the books is better. read more

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