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Holly Korbey
Apr 29, 2025
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It’s been almost exactly a decade since I interviewed the teacher who changed the course of my reporting, and my entire career—Martha Youman, a former second grade teacher.

Youman told me in an interview that she had three “levels” of reading work she assigned her students: for the most advanced, reading passages with comprehension questions. The middle …

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