A Twin Cities literacy program is showing lasting results for children at the highest risk of academic failure. The Words Work program is run in more than 40 Head Start classrooms in Ramsey and Dakota Counties. The Saint Paul Foundation started Words Work eight years ago to help close the education achievement gap between different groups of students. Researchers say it's working.

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