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A Right to Read

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

The ACLU of Michigan has filed a "right to read" lawsuit on behalf of the over 970 students in the Hazel Park school district, a district in which 90 percent of the students, by eleventh grade, are not reading proficient and 100 percent are failing science and social studies. Kary Moss, Executive Director of the ACLU of Michigan, explains the lawsuit.

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