It's important that you look for unnecessary words and strip those out of your work. Like in this lede:
The East Lansing School Board has made a decision on Tuesday to implement a ban to no longer allow boys from competing in girls' sports.
It's a good lede, but wordy. First, do you need to say has made a decision to when just saying decided would suffice?
Second, isn't saying implement a ban and no longer allow the same thing? I'd get rid of one of those, or even both. After all, doesn't ban say all that in just one word? What we have left is this:
The East Lansing School Board decided Tuesday to ban boys from competing in girls' sports.
Is there any difference in meaning or context or detail than the first lede? I'd say not. It's just a lot shorter and less wordy.
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