COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan school districts have been awarded grant funding to boost their literacy programming.
Comstock, Jenison, Muskegon Area Intermediate, Muskegon Public and Oakridge were among the 39 districts to split the $6.7 million in total funding. The program is meant to support innovative solutions in education.
Comstock received $21,000 and will spend it on renewing what was a free pilot program using artificial intelligence to help boost literacy.
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“Students will experience a 1.5 to 2 years of growth from one year of using Amira. That’s pretty exciting,” explained Comstock Public Schools Superintendent Jeffrey J. Thoenes. “When you have student that need that kind of catch-up — and that’s mostly the students we serve that need that kind of support — and it’s free we took a look at it and that’s what we experienced … we had students year or two years of growth.”…