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McGraw-Hill To Release Common Core Reading Platform

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McGraw-Hill will launch a reading program, Reading Wonders, for students in grades K-6 and designed for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The new program will be available in January 2013 in both all digital and digital and print hybrid formats and is based on the Publisher's Criteria, a set of suggestions written by the two lead authors of the standards to guide education publishers and curriculum developers.

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