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Secretary Spellings, Senator Kennedy, and Congressman Neal in Springfield, Massachusetts (March 3, 2006)
Secretary Spellings, Senator Kennedy, and Congressman Neal talk with students and their English teacher at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts. During the visit, Secretary Spellings announced that Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers.
Secretary Spellings, Senator Kennedy, and Congressman Neal talk with students and their English teacher at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts. During the visit, Secretary Spellings announced that Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers.

Secretary Spellings, Senator Kennedy, and Congressman Neal talk with students and their English teacher at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts. During the visit, Secretary Spellings announced that Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers. Senator Kennedy, Secretary Spellings, Congressman Neal, and students at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Secretary Spellings speaks at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she announced that Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers. Senator Kennedy speaks at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Congressman Neal presents Secretary Spellings and Senator Kennedy with dictionaries, which are produced in Springfield, Massachusetts. Secretary Spellings, Senator Kennedy, and Congressman Neal talk with students and their English teacher at the Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Springfield, Massachusetts. During the visit, Secretary Spellings announced that Springfield Public Schools and Chicopee Public Schools will receive a $16.6 million Striving Readers grant over five years to improve the literacy skills of struggling adolescent readers.

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