Baltimore activist reflects on years devoted to improving city schools

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Michael Carter?s nephew, Zakee, made it to third grade at Harlem Park Elementary School but couldn?t read simple words or confidently write his own name.

“He was sliding through the system,” said Carter, a West Baltimore native.

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