Michael Cormack felt like he’d been punched in the stomach.
In May, Jackson Public Schools’ deputy superintendent was at his desk in the district’s central office, with the most recent third grade reading test results spread in front of him. As he thumbed through the papers, which showed that just over half of the students tested passed the state assessment on the first try, the knot in his stomach grew.
He realized he had to do something — immediately. Within weeks, Project 75 was born…