Every five to ten years a new label is attached to children who are bright but who have difficulty learning to read. Since reading is so basic a skill and so essential in order to function in our society, there is increasing concern about children who do not know how to read up to grade level, and rightly so. The answer is unfortunately uncertain.
Nobody seems to know, but many have what they think are answers.
Though I do not believe I have the answer to this perplexing problem, I have what I think are some interesting ideas. Wanting to learn Learning, or a lack of it, is a behavior like any other, and positive learning-related behaviors, from wanting to or being able to read, to paying attention in the classroom, are ways of acting that a child is taught. How much a child learns depends greatly on his ability to read. The inability to read well is at the root of most learning difficulties. Talking of course, is fun and it gets an immediate response.