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Michigan settles suit after landmark 'right to read' ruling

by Associated Press
| May 13, 2020 11:03 PM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan early Thursday announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Detroit schoolchildren, after a federal appeals court issued a groundbreaking decision recognizing a constitutional right to education and literacy.

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