The LeapPad features measuring and sorting games that use cute cartoons to employ learning strategies similar to the activities my 5-year-old does in his progressive kindergarten classroom.

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These funds should be used to encourage school districts to employ research-based strategies for intervening early with slow learners, raising academic standards and, most important, improving learning conditions in underperforming schools.

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