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First Person Podcast: Kids Aren’t Learning to Read. This Mom Has a Surprising Solution.

Dec 8, 2022

Naomi Peña’s son Jonah was in first grade when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. It’s the most common learning disability — 20 percent of the U.S. population is dyslexic — but as Peña quickly discovered, getting dyslexic kids help with learning to read in the public school system is extraordinarily difficult. Now, she is part of a growing movement, led by the parents of dyslexic students, to change how all children are taught to read. Listen to the podcast here

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