EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 13 MIN
Emily Rizzo - Literacy - Evening WURDs 5.26.26
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Emily Rizzo is a Philadelphia-based multimedia journalist and audio producer who specializes in accountability reporting, education and community crisis, and is invested in using data to increase government transparency and hold election officials accountable. She joined Dr. Peterson for this week's Citizen WURD segment to discuss her recent Philadelphia Citizen article, “The School Where Kids Can Actually … Read”. Her article covers how George Sharswood K-8 public school in South Philadelphia raised reading scores in the first year of the city's new literacy curriculum, when the rest of the district is still struggling. Article link: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/sharswood-students-can-read/
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Emily Rizzo is a Philadelphia-based multimedia journalist and audio producer who specializes in accountability reporting, education and community crisis, and is invested in using data to increase government transparency and hold election officials accountable. She joined Dr. Peterson for this week's Citizen WURD segment to discuss her recent Philadelphia Citizen article, “The School Where Kids Can Actually … Read”. Her article covers how George Sharswood K-8 public school in South Philadelphia raised reading scores in the first year of the city's new literacy curriculum, when the rest of the district is still struggling. Article link: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/sharswood-students-can-read/
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Emily Rizzo - Literacy - Evening WURDs 5.26.26
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