Not everyone agrees that the problem lies entirely with teacher training. Crowded classrooms, an emphasis on test scores and a child's homelife all influence how a child learns to read. We can't prepare them for that. Better preschool programs, involved parents and smaller teacher-student ratios in early grades can help help solve the problem, research says. But, scientists have found that the most important factor is better training for teachers.
Some people think it is the scandal of the century.
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