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Students at Huntersville Elementary work on EL reading lessons in March 2020. When Clayton Wilcox became superintendent in 2017, he noted that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools had 17 different reading initiatives going at the same time. That was way too many, he said. At a recent board meeting, Windsor Park Elementary Principal Shanna Rae said the lack of a standardized approach left teachers to piecemeal resources together that they find off of the internet, or from Teachers Pay Teachers, or from other various resources. Teachers do what teachers do best: They fill in the gap where they see a need, she said. But she said it meant children weren’t getting consistent lessons using proven strategies.

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