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LISTEN IN: What’s behind the low reading scores for Salem students

TODAY’S TOPICS:  Managing Editor Rachel Alexander provides the background on the latest results from testing showing a big challenge for local teachers. Two out of three students can’t read at their grade level, scores show. The story she produced is HERE. She also shares news about a new housing effort to take care of Salem seniors. That story HERE.

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