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A task force is asking for student input about changing Stockton University's name because he was a slave owner and a traitor to the United States.

The Madison Metropolitan School District and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education hope a new task force can improve literacy instruction for teachers and outcomes for students. The 14-member Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force announced Monday includes seven members from each entity who will “focus on analyzing the most promising approaches to teaching reading and making recommendations to MMSD and to teacher education programs at UW-Madison toward the goals of improving re...