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Reading Recovery: i3 Grantee Has Immediate Impact on Young Readers
When young children struggle to read, they can quickly fall behind their classmates in a number of subjects. Teachers with the 27-year old Reading Recovery program work one-on-one with 1st graders to rapidly reverse that descent, developing tailored strategies that … Continue reading
Teaming Up in Philly to Promote Childhood Literacy
For the almost 8,000 students in the 14 square-mile radius of West Philadelphia, discovering the world of books isn’t easy. Many of the area’s schools lack library facilities, and, if libraries are on school grounds, they often have few books. … Continue reading
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A Grand Challenge for Development
Whether it’s the instructions on your bottle of shampoo or a funny Facebook status update, most of us don’t give our ability to read a second thought. What many of us forget is that literacy is at the foundation of … Continue reading
International Education Week: Partnering to Improve World Literacy
Cross-posted from USAID’s Impact Blog. Today, the global community faces an economic crisis that has many people around the world feeling tenuous about the future. World leaders are grappling with how to handle rising debt and shrinking funds. Yet despite … Continue reading
Top 4 Reasons to Get Your Library Card
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and it’s a perfect time for students and adults alike to sign up for a local library card. If you are one of the 44% of Americans who don’t yet have a card, we’ve … Continue reading
Reading Means Everybody Wins
Once a week, a group of Department of Education employees spend their lunch hour with students at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, just five blocks from ED headquarters, as part of the Everybody Wins! DC (EW!DC) Power Lunch program. Last Friday, Secretary … Continue reading
Reading: The Foundation of a Good Education
“The more you focus on reading, the more you learn to love to read and the more you can do,” Secretary Duncan told a group of middle school students Monday afternoon at McManus Middle School in Linden, New Jersey. The … Continue reading