Fewer than 1 in 3 ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ students could read at grade level coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers of the (MILE) have been working to reverse this deficit and put students in the state back on the path to reading success.
Funded in 2023 by the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½²ÝÝ®´«Ã½™s Grand Challenges Grants Program, the MILE team conducted a comprehensive review of literacy instruction in all 24 ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ public school districts, and then has been collaborating with educators and families around the state to implement its recommendations to help every student read and write proficiently.
Learn about one of 50 projects that make up the $30 million Grand Challenges Grant Program, dedicated to advancing solutions to humanity²ÝÝ®´«Ã½™s most pressing issues through education, research, scholarship, creative activities and service.
