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Recent comments from a professor at the University of Alberta have identified concerns that Alberta students are struggling with their reading.
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Dr. George Georgiou, is with the department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta and is also the Director of J. P. Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities.
When school resumed last fall. Georgiou found that many students were six to eight months behind the reading level for the grade they were in.
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