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NEW YORK — Gov. Hochul on Wednesday introduced a framework to overhaul New York’s statewide reading curriculum, emphasizing phonics, after New York City officials introduced similar, sweeping changes to literacy education in city elementary school districts. The proposal comes with many young children struggling to develop literacy skills across the state. In the last school year, fewer than 4 in 10 Black and Latino students statewide scored proficient in third grade English Language Arts, state test scores show. Hochul’s office said the state’s new plan would gear school curriculum toward the…

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