Calling the summertime loss of student reading skills “an epidemic,” the Georgia Department of Education is poised today to announce an initiative to address the problem.

The department will also release research on the summertime decline of student reading skills.

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Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. 
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