Whitmer: Improving student literacy will be No. 1 priority in ’26

"Our mission is as big as it is simple: Every child reads," she said. "Not some, not most. Every child reads."…

 "Today, we're 44th in the country in fourth grade reading," she said. "Just 4 in 10 fourth graders in Michigan read at grade level, and almost one in three Michigan students tests below average, and that's what I would call a crisis, and the vast majority of the people of our state would agree."

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