Literacy skills grow across all age groups in D.C. education program

The program targeted primarily African-American and lowincome students who traditionally had the lowest test scores in reading. Antwinet Mitchell, DC's state superintendent of education is to say the least thrilled with the results. >> Oh, absolutely.We are so excited about the results. the kids did so well that they actually shrunk a third of the achievement gap uh that exist in our schools today uh between those stu students who participated in this grant and those that did not. So, we are over the moon i ...