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Rep. Joel Kitchens on disputes over Wisconsin's phonics law

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

May 31, 2024

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State Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, discusses a legal fight over a partial veto to the law he co-authored that requires reading instruction based on phonics to be used in Wisconsin classrooms.

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