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A few years ago, I had a conversation with one of our first-grade teachers that stayed with me.
We were talking about an idea she had for improving reading instruction. She wasn’t looking for recognition. She simply saw an opportunity to help students through a project that could benefit not only her own classroom, but classrooms across our school…