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Michigan is getting a bit of a bump to get their literacy programs with an extra $70,000 in grants to help the Dollar General Literacy Foundation support

Michigan is getting a bit of a bump to get their literacy programs with an extra $70,000 in grants to help the Dollar General Literacy Foundation support

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The gop and their absurd culture wars. >> first they outlawed dr. seuss, and now they want to tell us what to say. >> i am sam. i am sam. sam, i am. that sam, i am that sam, i am. i do not like that sam, i am. do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam, i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> look out, mr. potato head. youre next. >> first it was kermit the frog and the muppets, mr. potato head, and now dr. seuss. i have said i think this is the biggest threat to freedom we face....

Outrage peddlers, huh? who, exactly, is it who peddles that outrage? the gop and their absurd-culture wars. >> first, they outlaw dr. seuss. and now, they want to tell us what to say. >> i am sam. i am sam. sam, i am. that sam i am, that sam i am, i do not like that sam i am. do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> look out, mr. potato head, youre next. >> first, it was kermit the frog, mr. potato head, now, dr. seuss. i have said i thin...

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Coach Bennett and businesses raising awareness, donations for childhood literacy Coach Bennett and businesses raising awareness, donations for childhood literacy By Patrick Huddleston | February 8, 2021 at 4:07 PM EST - Updated February 8 at 7:00 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Sunday, February 7, marked the start of a weeklong #Fight4Literacy initiative. Local businesses and restaurants are joining University of Virginia Basketball Coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers in the fight for li...

Finger on the scale and that has taken money from public schools, where you, yourself, had to turn away thousands of students and you know those thousands of students are going to failing schools. >> really theres nothing sadder than the lottery for us. but we also know when our kids go to success academies and other high-performing charters, they are massively outperforming the district. if a child doesnt learn to read by third grade, their chances of economic success and academic success are s...

Confirmation hearing, its obvious to those of us from michigan why she doesnt understand it, because under her concept of charters, they dont have to provide special education. they leave that to the traditional public school. and so these charters not only do they underperform, but they dont have to deal with kids who have learning difficulties. they send them back to the traditional public school. so what the federal government typically does is to try to sort of equalize the playing field -- ...

Traditional public school. and so these charters not only do they underperform, but they dont have to deal with kids who have learning difficulties. they send them back to the traditional public school. so what the federal government typically does is to try to sort of equalize the playing field -- supply extra support for communities that have high percentages of poverty for reading programs, special education. those are the sorts of initiatives that the federal government has traditionally bee...