Black America’s reading crisis demands concern, action 

By Marc H. Morial Guest Columnist New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40% of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a …

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