Number	24396
Subject	Schools
Source	The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
State	SC
Year	2009
Publication Date	05/03/2009
Summary	"An in-depth narrative of a high school student who couldn't read led to a year-long investigation revealing that 20 percent of incoming freshman in Charleston County read on a fourth-grade level or worse. The newspaper's discovery prompted the school district to make literacy its No. 1 priority.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	42
Keywords	Charleston; high school; reading; literacy; students;
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