Amanda Greenland, a first-grade teacher at Tolbert Elementary, coaches students through new words. (By Tracy A. Woodward -- The Washington Post)A new literacy program is helping some Virginia children with special needs, English-language learners and other disadvantaged students to close achievement gaps and pass standardized reading tests. Student progress under the Steps to Literacy kindergarten through second-grade curriculum has "truly amazed" first-grade teacher Amanda Greenland, who says students quickly master once-difficult topics. The Washington Post
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