All skills begin with the basics of reading and math, which are supposed to be learned in the early grades of our schools.Yet for too long, for too many children, those skills were never mastered.

这些技术的基础是阅读和数学，这是我们在小学低年级的时候都学过的，但是很久以来，对于很多孩子来说，他们从未完全掌握这些技能。

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All skills begin with the basics of reading and math, which are supposed to be learned in the early grades of our schools. Yet for too long, for too many children, those skills were never mastered.

这些技术的基础是阅读和数学，这是我们在小学低年级的时候都学过的，但是很久以来，对于很多孩子来说，他们从未完全掌握这些技能。

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It was an education that is missing in public schools today but still exists in many private schools-and can for you and your children, too, if you take time to learn how to learn.

这是一种如今公立学校缺失的教育，却仍然留存在许多私立学校—并且，要是你肯花时间学习如何学习，你和你的孩子也能享受到这种教育。

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Yet for too long, for too many children, those skills were never mastered.

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