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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

It was 2015 and Jack Silva, the chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had a problem: Only 56 percent of third-graders in his district had scored proficient on the state reading test. By 2015, the district had turned the corner financially, and Silva was wondering why the reading scores were so terrible.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

As of fall 2015, Coahoma County’s three private schools collectively had 7 percent African American enrollment amid public school systems that are more than 90 percent black. He brought in more than $15 million in federal and state funding for Race to the Top projects, magnet elementary themes and preschool.

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