Lessons from the Southern Surge with Karen Vaites

Dec 24, 2025 · 50 min · Episode 78 · 48.7 MB

0:00-50:41

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Karen Vaites is well-known as a literacy advocate. In this episode we discuss the Southern Surge, the Mississippi Miracle, and the Louisiana and Tennessee increases (sorry no alliterative descriptors) in literacy scores.

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