Miami reading program

The Master of Science in Reading online program empowers you to guide students with reading difficulties by providing hands-on and practical skills that can lead to career advancement. Our online coursework is taught by the same dedicated faculty who teach on campus. You can complete your degree in as few as 18 months. This degree provides teachers with the knowledge and practice to become exemplary reading professionals, who make a difference for their students cognitively, affectively, and academically in literacy through holistic and traditional theoretical views of language and literacy development while embracing an ethic of care.

Skip to main content Back. Reading at grade level by the third grade is a leading indicator of school success and high school graduation, but despite steady gains in grade-level reading in Miami-Dade County, too many children fail to achieve this critical benchmark. Eighty-eight percent of children who never graduate from high school were poorly performing third-grade readers, and high school dropouts earn less than half of college graduates.

Summer learning loss, poor school attendance and inadequate school readiness are the three major reasons why children do not read at grade level. Do your part. Download these and other tips as a printable brochure by clicking here: English , Spanish , Creole. Books are the key to unlocking a child's imagination and opening their eyes to a world of learning. Introduce your children to the power of your nearest library.

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