Policy Round-Up: Pandemic continues to adversely affect young readers

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February 25, 2022

This week’s update includes:
  1. Children’s Defense Fund of Ohio highlights the role that WIC plays to promote racial equity, reduce infant mortality, and increase preventative health care;
  2. Crane’s latest Riveting Research blog which looks at a meta-analysis to better understand the effects of screen time on young kids;
  3. An article in Education Week highlighting a new study which found that more than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 (who started school during the pandemic) need “major and systemic interventions” in order to read on grade level by the end of the school year.

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