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Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School, helps Ke'Arrah Jessie sound out a word during a reading circle in class on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Evans calls a handful of students back for extra help in reading — a pivotal subject for third grade — at the end of each day. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

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The pandemic widened gaps in reading. Can one teacher 'do something about that'?
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,05/18/23-11:04AM , 158 Reads
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Evans makes his way through rows of his students in his third grade classroom, stooping to pick up an errant pencil and answering questions above the din of chairs sliding on hardwood floors.
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Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School, helps Ke'Arrah Jessie sound out a word during a reading circle in class on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Evans calls a handful of students back for extra help in reading — a pivotal subject for third grade — at the end of each day. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

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The pandemic widened gaps in reading. Can one teacher 'do something about that'?
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Wed,05/17/23-11:12PM , 117 Reads
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Evans makes his way through rows of his students in his third grade classroom, stooping to pick up an errant pencil and answering questions above the din of chairs sliding on hardwood floors.
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Members of the crowd pause for a moment of silence outside Tops Friendly Market during a remembrance event in honor of the victims of last year's mass shooting at the supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Joshua Bessex/The Buffalo News via AP)

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Victims of racist Buffalo supermarket mass shooting remembered on anniversary
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sat,05/13/23-11:03PM , 474 Reads
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Jamari Shaw, 16, poses for a portrait in his East side neighborhood Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Shaw is one of many young people who are still nervous in their surroundings since last years racist mass shooting at Tops Market. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

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A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city's Black youth still shaken
By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press
Fri,05/12/23-11:47PM , 82 Reads
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It’s hard for Jamari Shaw, 16, to have fun at the park with his younger brothers in their East Buffalo neighborhood.
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