California’s billion-dollar literacy plan sends coaches, specialists to high-need schools – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

California’s billion-dollar literacy plan sends coaches, specialists to high-need schools – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

COMPTON — State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond says Gov. Gavin Newsom’s newly unveiled Golden State Literacy Plan is an “encouraging milestone.” According to the governor’s office, the plan is central to California’s push to improve reading skills statewide, particularly in underserved communities. Announced June 8 at Clinton Elementary School in Compton, the billion-dollar initiative is designed to expand evidence-based lite…