Literacy Partnerships Can Lessen Learning Gaps

09.18.2023 News

The following article, authored by RAR’s CEO, Michelle Torgerson, Cindy Eggleton of Brilliant Detroit and Adeola Whitney of Reading Partners, ran in the September 12, 2023 edition of the Detroit News.

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