athens literacy
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Athens-Clarke County
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Tackles Georgia Literacy Crisis
The National Literacy Institute has declared a state of crisis as 40% of students across the country fail to read at a basic level. Here in The Peach State, this issue persists, with only 34% of Georgia’s children reaching reading proficiency at the start of the fourth grade. With research…
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke County Schools New Literacy Program Goes Back to Phonics
Clarke County School District (CCSD) is going back to the basics with its new curriculum that supports science of reading and is teaching kindergarten through third-grade students how to read with phonics and syllables. The program, which was implemented in August 2023, aims to build on foundational skills that previous…