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During the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Congress allocated $190 billion in aid to schools, mandating that 20% of these funds be used to address learning setbacks. This financial support came in response to widespread school closures which affected 50 million students, leading to a significant educational disruption considered potentially the most damaging in American history….

In a recent article, How to Build Students’ Reading Stamina, Stephen Sawchuk underscores the importance of reading comprehension and the necessity of building students’ stamina to read at length. He makes the simple, but essential point, writing: Just as a skilled hitter spends time at the batting cages and a skilled pianist must tickle the…