The Literacy Intern Project is the latest in the school district's efforts to focus on literacy and ensure its students learn fundamental reading skills before going to middle and high school. An analysis prompted by The Post and Courier showed that one out of five incoming freshmen in Charleston County reads at a fourth-grade level or worse.
The new initiative targets men and racial minorities who are interested in earning a Master of Arts in teaching, but anyone interested in the program can apply. Those accepted would be assigned to a first-grade classroom in a high-poverty elementary school to work with an experienced, high-quality teacher.
They would receive a teacher's assistant salary, and children would benefit from having an additional teacher available to help them with reading, she added.
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