Atkinson meets with First Lady on reading funding


State Superintendent June Atkinson on Wednesday met with First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, state superintendents from Alabama, Iowa and Massachusetts and local superintendents from New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta to discuss continued support for young readers across the country and to endorse the reinstatement of Reading First funding.

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