California can learn from Mississippi on how to improve reading skills

For decades, California schools have been an awful place for children to learn how to read. The product of it all is adults who are set up for failure – they’ll struggle to secure livable wages, be likelier to delve into crime, and generally live lives without the means to form as rich of an experience of the world as they could. 

Governor Gavin Newsom and LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho bragged about improvements last year with Newsom telling reporters, “This is a proud moment. When it comes to public education in this country...