Beth Fertig on Why Can't You Teach Me 2 Read?

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WNYC News | Jul 13, 2010

Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter and author of Why Can't You Teach Me 2 Read?, explores urban schools through the story of three NYC students who made it to high school without being able to read.

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