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Educators and the state agree, reading academies are working

School superintendents and state education leaders may seem to be at odds over everything these days, but there is one thing they’re agreeing on. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter reports on how teachers are handling a state program devoted to helping young students learn to read.

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