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Literacy<\/span><\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here in Illinois, we have an urgent literacy crisis. There is a solution: evidence-based literacy instruction in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-shadow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/early-literacy\/\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd225191 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-eff6f568\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-image ultp-block-35e201\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><figure class=\"ultp-image-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-image-block ultp-image-block-none\"><a 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graduating\"  src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/our-parents-are-so-proud-us-shot-group-cheerful-university-students-graduation-day.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-b03d2d\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style9 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/high-school-success\/\" ><span>High School Success<\/span><\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Every high schooler deserves to have a strong sense of belonging in their school community and to know that adults in the building care about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-shadow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" 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src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/school-kids-standing-in-outside-corridor-at-school-MLN5W3T-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-heading ultp-block-e021a3\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style9 ultp-heading-left\"><h3 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/quality-schools\/\" ><span>Quality Schools<\/span><\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A child\u2019s zip code, income, race, language, or neurodiversity should not determine the quality of their public school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-shadow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cyan-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/quality-schools\/\"><strong>Learn 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