There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. Many of the wealthiest places in the country can’t even say that. And Steubenville is a Rust Belt town where the state considers almost all the students “economically disadvantaged.” How did they do it? Explore: <a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2025/02/20/steubenville-ohio-reading-success-for-all?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">Steubenville, by the numbers</a> Read: <a href="https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2025/02/20/sold-a-story-e11-the-outlier?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">Transcript of this episode</a>  Book: <a href="https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682536261/districts-that-succeed/" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">Districts that Succeed</a> Book: <a href="https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781934742280/how-its-being-done/" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">How It&#39;s Being Done</a> Podcast: <a href="https://edtrust.org/rti/extraordinary-districts/" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">ExtraOrdinary Districts</a>  Donate: <a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-sn" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">Support our journalism</a> More: <a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">soldastory.org </a> Email us: <a href="mailto:soldastory@apmreports.org%E2%80%AF" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">soldastory@apmreports.org </a>  Dive deeper into Sold a Story with a multi-part email series from host Emily Hanford. We’ll also keep you up to date on new episodes. Sign up at <a href="https://soldastory.org/extracredit" class="Hyperlink SCXW94628936 BCX0">soldastory.org/extracredit</a>.

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