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How the landmark Right to Read ruling will affect more than Detroit schools
Read full article: How the landmark Right to Read ruling will affect more than Detroit schoolsDETROIT Michigans governor has agreed to ask lawmakers to provide $94.4 million to Detroits public schools as part of a lawsuit settlement. The state also will provide $280,000 to be shared by the seven students named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. READ MORE: Michigan governor to ask lawmakers for $94.4M as part of Detroit schools literacy lawsuit settlementBack in 2018, a federal court ruled in Snyders favor. Simmons likened the case to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark decision that led to the desegregation of schools. And if schools are not held accountable to teaching students to read, why would we even have them?