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  "url": "https://edsurge.com/news/reading-scores-continue-to-drop-for-many-middle-schoolers-heres-why",
  "title": "Reading Scores Continue to Drop for Many Middle Schoolers",
  "summary": "Educators say middle schools need the same coherent literacy systems that transformed K-3.",
  "authors": "David Weldon",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-11T05:10:37.351Z",
  "source_slug": "x-edsurge-ai-in-education",
  "source_name": "EdSurge (AI in education)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.edsurge.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18206",
  "original_url": "https://edsurge.com/news/reading-scores-continue-to-drop-for-many-middle-schoolers-heres-why",
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