Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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I am a teacher in Houston, TX. I teach Kindergarten and have 23 students. I teach in a school where 65% of the students qualify for free/reduced lunch. While some of my students have books falling off the shelves at their homes, some of my students' only opportunities to pick up a book and read, or be read to, is here at school. All of my students enjoy reading and while many have become avid readers in the classroom, some are interested in subjects that I do not have books about those particular subjects. For example, one of my boys loves computers; another likes monster trucks. Many of my girls love dance and cheerleading. While our school library does have nonfiction books, many of the books are very dated and/or they do not have books over the subjects that interest my students (Yes! I gave my Kindergarteners an interest survey!). What better way to build strong readers early? Provide books that interest them!
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I am a teacher in Houston, TX. I teach Kindergarten and have 23 students. I teach in a school where 65% of the students qualify for free/reduced lunch. While some of my students have books falling off the shelves at their homes, some of my students' only opportunities to pick up a book and read, or be read to, is here at school. All of my students enjoy reading and while many have become avid readers in the classroom, some are interested in subjects that I do not have books about those particular subjects. For example, one of my boys loves computers; another likes monster trucks. Many of my girls love dance and cheerleading. While our school library does have nonfiction books, many of the books are very dated and/or they do not have books over the subjects that interest my students (Yes! I gave my Kindergarteners an interest survey!). What better way to build strong readers early? Provide books that interest them!