In case you missed it: Memphis’ third-grade reading crisis
Forces are mobilizing to help struggling readers because poor and minority students who can read on grade level by third grade are much more likely to graduate from high school and much less likely to experience academic failure, delinquency, violence, crime and incarceration. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A three-part series from The Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis explores the challenges and possible solutions to improving third-grade reading proficiency locally.
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David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
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