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Where was the urgency when the National Assessment of Educational Progress ranked JCPS last in the Trial Urban District category for elementary reading progress?

"This is not in vain," Decode Project co-founder LaToya Whitlock said. "This isnt just, I had an idea one day. Its necessary.”

The Courier Journal hosted a panel for caregivers and teachers to discuss why many Kentucky kids struggle to read.

Courier Journal to hold community event following investigation, Between the lines: Why Kentuckys kids cant read and whos to blame.

A Louisville organization called DeCode Project offers free or reduced literacy training for students who are struggling.

“We have to avoid a pregnancy,” said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic. “My feeling is that I don’t want to have a baby. What I went through in 2017 when I had Raíssa, God forbid.” Rosa lives in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Her first child, Raíssa, was born during the epidemic of Zika – a mosquito-borne disease that caused severe birth defects if contracted during pregnancy, among other effects. Pernambuco was one of the epicenters...

Credit Stephanie Wolf / WFPL The Louisville Urban League has received an $8 million grant, which will go towards a plan aimed at eliminating racial inequities in the city called “A Path Forward.” President and CEO Sadiqa Reynolds announced the funds Friday. She said the grant came from Blue Meridian Partners, a philanthropic organization out of New York. “I’m very appreciative of this but I’m also very excited to talk about our ability to be able to strategically focus on creating wea...