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We do a pretty good job of teaching students to read and a lousy job of getting them to read to learn. Knowing how to read is just not enough; it is the habit of reading for the pleasure of the story and the tingle of new learning that matters. (Buy the print here!)
E.D. Hirsh, Jr. writes here about the importance of knowledge

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