reading rainbow

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How successful are television programs like Reading Rainbow and Sesame Street at helping kids learn to read?

The head of the International Reading Association says TV is not a tool to teach explicit reading skills.

Richard Long says that's a job for schools and parents, but he says children's programs are better than nothing.