Does extra reading time in low-performing schools work?
Clip: 9/6/2015 | 9m 38s
Checking in on a focused reading initiative at low-performing Florida grade schools
Florida requires 300 low-performing elementary schools to add an hour of focused reading to their school day. Four years into the initiative, how effective has it been? Alison Stewart checks in for this update to a report that aired last September.
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Does extra reading time in low-performing schools work?
Clip: 9/6/2015 | 9m 38s
Florida requires 300 low-performing elementary schools to add an hour of focused reading to their school day. Four years into the initiative, how effective has it been? Alison Stewart checks in for this update to a report that aired last September.
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