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Secretary Spellings Visits Des Moines, Announces Early Reading First Grant (September 10, 2008)
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Secretary Spellings visits a classroom at George Washington Carver Community School in Des Moines, Iowa. During her visit, the Secretary announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading.


Secretary Spellings visits a classroom at George Washington Carver Community School in Des Moines, Iowa. During her visit, the Secretary announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading. Secretary Spellings visits a classroom at George Washington Carver Community School in Des Moines, Iowa. During her visit, the Secretary announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading.
Secretary Spellings visits a classroom at George Washington Carver Community School in Des Moines, Iowa. During her visit, the Secretary announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading. Secretary Spellings visits a classroom at George Washington Carver Community School in Des Moines, Iowa. During her visit, the Secretary announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading.
Secretary Spellings presents a check to Des Moines Public Schools. The Secretary visited George Washington Carver Community School, where she announced that Des Moines Public Schools will receive a $4.3 million Early Reading First grant to help more than 400 pre-schoolers learn the critical foundations of reading.  

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