“In schools today students are learning to read until third grade,” she said. “That’s the foundation and it’s so important.

Claire McDaniel, a young woman from New Mexico, is working to promote literacy through free instruction to children and adults worldwide.

Dr. Ashley Stephens from Cabell County Schools stopped by First Look at Four to share why students must learn to read before they can read to learn.

“We have a science of reading,” Snow said. “But now, we need a science of teaching reading that is equally well-developed if ...