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Jack Reed: “95 percent of the students that they are serving, come to them with virtually no literacy skills.”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
95 percent of the students that they are serving, come to them with virtually no literacy skills.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the literacy challenges faced by adult education students.

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