Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman also has another responsibility: ...

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New York has lost ground in reading performance. The governor is proposing changes to literacy education to address that. By Grace Ashford Reporting from Watervliet, N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed on ...