Literacy

A Loving Letter to a 9-year-old

Wishing my Page Pal good luck on her state literacy exam

the author with his Page Pal at a Birmingham City School

Note: No specific schools are referenced in this article to protect the identity of teachers and students.

In Fall 2023, 46% of Birmingham City Schools 3rd-grade students — 753 out of 1,614 — were poised to fail the State of Alabama’s mandated…