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Good morning from Aleks at Chalkbeat Indiana and I’m reading our story from Newark about improving literacy. It’s always interesting to see how other states approach the issues that Indiana has tackled, too.

With primary voting today, just a little reminder about why you won’t see education on your ballots.

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