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Michigan’s schools have received their report cards, and many are full of failing grades.
According to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Programs (known as M-STEP), on average across the state, only three of five third-grade students can read proficiently. That means two out of five third-graders cannot read to their grade level. And elementary schoolchildren from minorities or low-income districts fared even worse: only one in four of those third graders can read proficiently…