Gretchen Whitmer: “In late 2024, I signed science of Reading legislation, a…”

“Every year we've raised the bar. We trained more teachers, tutored more kids, funded more mental health and upgraded classrooms, libraries and science labs. In late 2024, I signed science of Reading legislation, a statewide strategy that uses proven methods to teach reading that includes phonics. because it works. Previously, our schools used over 400 different literacy teaching methods. Now we're simplifying that to what we know is most effective.” (16:13–16:25)

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