the literacy education they join me now in studio ladies, thanks so much for joining me on the program burt first how bad is it? unfortunately this school year has been a little bit of a disaster. many students at least 50.of students entering the classroom right now came in not meeting bench marks for their grade level what does that mean? that means you re in a class of 20 students ten come in and they re not able to learn the curriculum that s been taught because they haven t learned previous year curriculum so we really have a reading crisis in this country reading levels are at 20 year low at this poangt. mary what do you see in the classroom? well we re working with children lawrence all over america virtually and in person. the hardest hit grades are kindergarten through grade 2 these children are learning or meant tore learning foundational skills for reading and for success in school. they just have not been able to get those skills and then going back to school in per
the literacy education they join me now in studio ladies, thanks so much for joining me on the program burt first how bad is it? unfortunately this school year has been a little bit of a disaster. many students at least 50.of students entering the classroom right now came in not meeting bench marks for their grade level what does that mean? that means you re in a class of 20 students ten come in and they re not able to learn the curriculum that s been taught because they haven t learned previous year curriculum so we really have a reading crisis in this country reading levels are at 20 year low at this poangt. mary what do you see in the classroom? well we re working with children lawrence all over america virtually and in person. the hardest hit grades are kindergarten through grade 2 these children are learning or meant tore learning foundational skills for reading and for success in school. they just have not been able to get those skills and then going back to school in per
the literacy education they join me now in studio ladies, thanks so much for joining me on the program burt first how bad is it? unfortunately this school year has been a little bit of a disaster. many students at least 50.of students entering the classroom right now came in not meeting bench marks for their grade level what does that mean? that means you re in a class of 20 students ten come in and they re not able to learn the curriculum that s been taught because they haven t learned previous year curriculum so we really have a reading crisis in this country reading levels are at 20 year low at this poangt. mary what do you see in the classroom? well we re working with children lawrence all over america virtually and in person. the hardest hit grades are kindergarten through grade 2 these children are learning or meant tore learning foundational skills for reading and for success in school. they just have not been able to get those skills and then going back to school in per