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To boost kids’ reading, Minnesota schools start to shift the way they teach

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Kindergarten teacher, Holly Hins watches her students during class at Middleton Elementary on Dec. 12 in Woodbury, Minn.
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Rising concern over childhood reading skills has led to a reckoning on how reading is taught. Minnesota school leaders see hope in the changes underway, but it’s a long journey that requires “unlearning” old ways.