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Literacy rates in Kansas City are up from last year, but still low. Rhea LeGrande from Lead to Read KC joins Heart of the Matter to discuss what's being done to fix that, and how you can help.

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...