Last summer, 16 Duval County public school students who were behind their peers in reading took a challenge - they were going to work with tutors at two Jacksonville public library branches to boost their reading by at least one grade level. Most of the students made progress or exceeded their goal, said C.
Library's New Reading Challenge Boosts Youngsters' Literacy
Denise Smith Amos, Jacksonville Times-Union
Fri, 10/31/2014 - 3:19pm
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Topics: Florida Duval County Jacksonville
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