L’Anse Creuse, Anchor Bay and Chippewa Valley are among 39 school districts in Michigan awarded state grants for their innovative reading programs.

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) awarded grants totaling more than $6.7 million funds to traditional public school districts, intermediate districts and charter schools through the competitive Reading Excellence and Advancing District (READ) Innovation Grant.

“School districts from Metro Detroit, to West Michigan, to the U.P. are innovating to improve student literacy,” former state superintendent Michael F. Rice said in a news release. “It will take both innovation and research-based literacy instruction to improve our children’s reading and writing achievement and continue progress on Goal 2 of Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Educatio

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