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High-poverty Michigan school districts awarded $3M to help improve reading, writing skills
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – Rané Garcia envisions a future at Muskegon Heights Public School Academy where every teacher is an expert at teaching reading, and literacy is embedded at every level of instruction.
Literacy proficiency rates are in the single digits at the predominantly Black school system. Garcia, the charter’s superintendent, is trying to change that.
“It’s not a secret that literacy rates are lower in communities of color,” Garcia said. “But our students of color are intelligent and as capable as any other students. So, what’s causing that gap?”
Five Michigan school districts being awarded $3 million
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According to Michiganâs Department of Education Five Michigan school districts are being awarded federally funded literacy grants of $3 million each over a five-year period.
The grant will be focused on advancing literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12 in the following districts: Benton Harbor Area Schools, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Flint Community Schools, Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System, and Pontiac School District.
âLiteracy is the foundation of learning,â said State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice. âThese grants and the literacy work that they will fund and inspire in these five communities can be game changers. To build literacy communities for childrenâin local communities and across the stateâis to change academic and life trajecto
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