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Why Mississippi's Reading Scores Skyrocketed (And What It Means for Your Child)
What if your child's struggle to read has nothing to do with them — and everything to do with how they're being taught?
In this episode, I'm breaking down the "Mississippi Miracle" — how a state that used to rank near the bottom in reading scores turned things around and posted some of the biggest reading gains in the country. It wasn't luck, more homework, or a new gadget. It was a shift to explicit, systematic phonics instruction rooted in Structured Literacy.
I'll walk you through exactly what Mississippi changed, why so many classrooms still aren't teaching reading this way, and — most…
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