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It works with diabetes patients, smokers trying to quit, and others: a text message reminding you to take your medication or resist the urge to light up. There’s even a Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University devoted to the idea. So what if we could put that same idea to work boosting literacy in very young children in low-income families? That’s the premise of Parent University, a six-week program originally designed by Chris Drew, now Director of Educator Initiatives at…