BOISE, Idaho — Idaho News 6 and the Scripps Howard Fund are encouraging the community to join a special effort to get kids excited about learning through reading.

Reading is vital to a good education, but too many children struggle with the skill.

“Really from kindergarten to second grade, kids are learning how to read and beyond that, they’re reading to learn,” said Amy Collinge, principal at Taft Elementary. "So if a student isn’t reading at grade level by third grade, then they’re missing learning time because they’re still working on learning to read."

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The good news: reading proficiency by third grade has improved in Idaho, rising from 66% last year to 71% this year. That’s slightly higher than

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