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SMIF CEO: Early literacy promotes lifelong success

Tue, 07/03/2018 - 1:47pm
By: 
Tim Penny, President and CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

Summer is here which means families are finally able to enjoy the outdoors after a long winter. As campfires burn out and kids get ready for bed, many parents will pull out a book and read a bedtime story. This is important because studies consistently show that reading at a young age drastically improves a child’s educational trajectory.

 

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