Officials who oversaw federal reading program got money from publishers

Four officials who helped oversee a federal reading program for young students have pocketed significant sums of money from textbook publishers that profited from the $1 billion-a-year initiative, a Democratic congressional report discloses. The report from the office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) offers new details on the financial ties between publishers and officials who helped run the Reading First program. Over the past several months, the program has faced numerous allegations of conflicts of interest and cronyism.

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