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Laura Bush visits with students from Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. In her remarks, Mrs. Bush discussed the Summer Reader's Achievement Program, "And the goal of it is to encourage children in kindergarten through eighth grade to read over the summer, which will mitigate the loss in reading skills that research shows takes place in students, especially low-income students who leave school in the spring and don't pick up a book all summer and then come back in the fall and they really have to start over again on a lot of their reading skills." White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush visits with students from Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. In her remarks, Mrs. Bush discussed the Summer Reader's Achievement Program, "And the goal of it is to encourage children in kindergarten through eighth grade to read over the summer, which will mitigate the loss in reading skills that research shows takes place in students, especially low-income students who leave school in the spring and don't pick up a book all summer and then come back in the fall and they really have to start over again on a lot of their reading skills."
Laura Bush visits with students from Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. In her remarks, Mrs. Bush discussed the Summer Reader's Achievement Program, "And the goal of it is to encourage children in kindergarten through eighth grade to read over the summer, which will mitigate the loss in reading skills that research shows takes place in students, especially low-income students who leave school in the spring and don't pick up a book all summer and then come back in the fall and they really have to start over again on a lot of their reading skills." White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush reads Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown to Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elemantary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. During her visit, Mrs. Bush encouraged children to keep reading throughout the summer. White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush attends Mrs. Lori Laraway’s 2nd Grade Reading lesson at the William Walker Elementary School in Beaverton, Ore., Wednesday, May 19, 2004. White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush participates in a Reading Roundtable with educators at the William Walker Elementary School in Beaverton, Ore., Wednesday, May 19, 2004. White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush visits the William Walker Elementary School in Beaverton, Ore., Wednesday, May 19, 2004. White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush visits with students from Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. In her remarks, Mrs. Bush discussed the Summer Reader's Achievement Program, "And the goal of it is to encourage children in kindergarten through eighth grade to read over the summer, which will mitigate the loss in reading skills that research shows takes place in students, especially low-income students who leave school in the spring and don't pick up a book all summer and then come back in the fall and they really have to start over again on a lot of their reading skills." White House photo by Tina Hager.
Laura Bush reads Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown to Ms. Valdez's first grade reading class at Reginald Chavez Elemantary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, May 20, 2004. During her visit, Mrs. Bush encouraged children to keep reading throughout the summer. White House photo by Tina Hager.
 
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