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Improving literacy

September 8, 2008
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes

Elizabeth Birr Moje

Elizabeth Moje has spent years following and studying adolescents in southwest Detroit, to discover why many low income students struggle with reading. She’s found many answers on how they read and interact and how to better teach the teachers.

http://www.ns.umich.edu/podcast/society/moje2.mp3
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