11: The Outlier

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: Steubenville, by the numbers Read: Transcript of this episode  From Karin Chenoweth  Book: Districts that Succeed Book: How It's Being Done Podcast: ExtraOrdinary Districts  Donate: Support our journalism More: soldastory.org  Email us: soldastory@apmreports.org   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 soldastory.org/extracredit.