An effort to get all Omaha Public Schools students to read at grade level is underway. OPS Superintendent Matthew Ray is calling it a moonshot, but said they can get it done by 2030. The latest numbers show that almost 40-percent of OPS third to eighth graders were proficient in reading and writing. Statewide, that number is almost 60-percent.
OPS Superintendent Ray Announces "Moon-Shot" Effort To Improve Literacy
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