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In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Society & Culture

"Short the Squirrel" - Feb. 10, 2021

2021-02-12
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Literacy is the path to education, and many of Alabama's children need help with their reading skills. Troy University Assistant Professor of Education Dee Bennett and her friend, business owner Monica Anderson Young, talk with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the new mascot for Literacy - Short the Squirrel.

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