Mayor Baraka Launches Mayor's Book Club as First Step in #NewarkReads Literacy Coalition at Newark Public Library
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
NEWARK, New Jersey, June 19 -- Newark Public Schools issued the following news release:
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- Coalition will provide residents of all ages with approaches to improve reading, writing, listening, and thinking skills; Newark youth scored in bottom 6 percent of 2003 state standardized testing; 47,000 adults lacked basic skills--literacy coalition seeks to combat this
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Mayor Ras J. Baraka, United Way of Essex and West Hudson CEO Catherine Wi . . .
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- Coalition will provide residents of all ages with approaches to improve reading, writing, listening, and thinking skills; Newark youth scored in bottom 6 percent of 2003 state standardized testing; 47,000 adults lacked basic skills--literacy coalition seeks to combat this
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Mayor Ras J. Baraka, United Way of Essex and West Hudson CEO Catherine Wi . . .