rich 1.0 Connecticut is getting ten million dollars in federal funding to help young students improve their reading. The money will expand small-group instruction, train teachers, and provide new literacy materials and assessments. The program will focus on students in kindergarten through third grade, with a pilot launching in select schools. We spoke with Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, about improving reading rates in our state. WICC The Voice of Connecticut https://audioboom.com/channels/4994425-wicc-the-voice-of-connecticut Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43815902/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8947126/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>