Literacy rates in Kansas City are up from last year, but still low. Rhea LeGrande from Lead to Read KC joins Heart of the Matter to discuss what's being done to fix that, and how you can help.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A local non-profit just announced an expansion, helping more Midlands adults learn how to read. Lisa Cole said reading is something many of us take for granted every day. However, she ...

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Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

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