INDIANAPOLIS Its a typical day in third-grade teacher Lyric Jones class at Enlace School, where students are learning literacy techniques through the science of reading.

"The science of reading is really helping out kids. I think they are showing a lot of progress and growth as we saw last year and our kids are feeling confident in themselves because they have that curriculum that's helping them build that confidence, Lyric Jones, a 3rd-grade teacher at Enlace School, said.

Since Enlace School began working with Marian University through its literacy cadre, its IREAD scores increased by more than 19 percent.

"Even after the first year of implementation, teachers were coming up to me and saying you'll never believe the success that my kids are having, Lauren Perkins, the reading speciali

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