A few simple steps early in life can make a big difference in a child's eventual success.
Like reading: getting kids interested in reading while they're very young pays dividends in educational performance throughout their lives.
The Eugene Public Library just started up its own version of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
It not only encourages reading, it gives out free books.
And it's a big hit in Eugene, with enrollment more than double some of the early projections.
Listen for the details.