In "Nardagani: A Memoir - Finding Light in the Shadow of a Brother's Disappearance,” Narda Pitkethly discovers along the way is not the brother she loved and lost, but a priceless gift she can offer the world: Nardagani, an innovative reading program for students who struggle to read.
Read MoreTwo-thirds of students who can’t read proficiently by the end of the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare, the study added. More than 70 percent of the inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth-grade level. And 90 percent of welfare recipients are high school dropouts.
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Read MoreAnnette Wall’s interest was piqued when she saw Narda Pitkethly being interviewed on a Sunday morning news show about a new reading system that helped challenged readers learn to read in a couple of weeks.
Read MoreSarah Irvin had a secret she wanted to hide from the world. Despite being a fairly articulate mother of four, Sarah could barely read.
Read MoreIt started with a note from a desperate grandmother. “My grandson is 12 years old, autistic and cannot read,” wrote Catherine Hayward. “His teachers say he may never learn to read. It would be a miracle if you could teach him to read.”
Read MoreJody Braun looked at the three students in front of him and sighed. The students were eighth- and seventh-graders but they read just 20 to 30 words a minute—first-grade reading level. “Most of them had gravitated toward comic books—anything with lots of pictures,” the special-education reading teacher recalled. “Reading was a chore for them
Read MoreMichael was one of our first students. He was on juvenile probation and had been ordered by the chief district court judge to take the Nardagani reading program. Due to his criminal behavior, Michael was considered an “at risk” child by the court.
Read MoreIn August, I received a call from a woman named Allyn. She explained to me that her great-nephew, Gavin, is going into third grade and is behind in reading. She was very concerned. Allyn told me that Gavin was visiting her family in Boise from California for only three weeks, and then he would be going back home and starting school.
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