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Letters: Mississippi gets that there's a proven way to teach reading. Louisiana doesn't.

Por: The Advocate Opinion October 11, 2022

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Upon reading 's Oct. 3 piece on our state's low literacy rates in lower elementary schools, I was appalled to learn that more than half of students K-3 are reading below grade level.Perhaps our educational leaders should do their homework and refer to a 2019 opinion piece in The New York Times, That's right, Mississippi, the only state in the nation to post significant gains in literacy. Currently, Mississippi's fourth... + full article



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