‘Too much to learn’: Schools race to catch up kids’ reading
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China Nash, 8, left, and Star Shields, 7, read together during a daily after-school literacy program in Atlanta on Thursday, April 6, 2023. The after-school program is open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade through the Atlanta based Pure Hope Project.
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Michael Crowder, 11, reads during an after-school literacy program in Atlanta on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
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Students answer questions as they read a book with third-grade teacher La’Neeka Gilbert-Jackson, right, at Boyd Elementary School in Atlanta, on Dec. 15, 2022.
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Third-graders Michael Crowder, center, and Malaysia Strickland, left, work together on a reading comprehension project at Boyd Elementary School in Atlanta, on Dec. 15, 2022.
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Third-grade teaching assistant Keione Vance leads a reading session with a small group of students at Boyd Elementary School in Atlanta, Dec. 15, 2022.
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Tim McNeeley, left, helps students pick books to read during an after-school literacy program in Atlanta on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
