They're not teaching kids how to read

Wirepoints traveled to Peoria, Illinois Wednesday to discuss with two local groups the failure of public schools to educate students in the tri-county area.

In Peoria, just 13% of students are able to read at grade level, yet 80% graduate.

One of Wirepoints’ main goals is to get those who run the schools, the districts and the state board of education, to acknowledge the poor results. The problems in Illinois education will never be improved until the poor outcomes are openly acknowledged by those who run the system.

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