Elek said Verizon Communications invests in literacy, because it is every person's most important skill.
Literacy is the key to everything.
King said the grant will allow ALL to experiment with a new structure at DeSoto and Edison elementary schools. They will begin training the classroom teachers in the 2001-02 school year. Teachers would then be able to teach ALL during class after they complete two semesters of graduate courses and agree to work with the children. Previously ALL was supplemental to normal class instruction. The test results and teacher judgment determine the students' rank.