Attendance Works Releases Parent Video
Ask parents about the importance of school attendance in the early grades, and they can tell you why showing up every day matters. They can also share their very real challenges in getting children to school.    Bringing Attendance Home, a new video from Attendance Works features parents talking to other parents about reducing absenteeism. Filmed in schools across the country and released in time for the back-to-school attendance push, the video offers tips for parents and... ... More »

NAACP, Urban Radio Stations Launch Reading PSAs
The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and American Urban Radio Networks, the nation’s largest African American owned radio network company, have joined forces in an early literacy campaign.  AURN and the NAACP in partnership with Tanya Hart Communications, Inc., have produced and distributed radio public service announcements (PSAs) voiced by Tatyana Ali, Bobby Jones, Jermaine Dupri and other notable individuals from various aspects of the entertainment industry.  The goal is to cultivate a generation of young people... ... More »

10 Communities Join GLR
Today we welcome 10 new communities to our Grade-Level Reading Communities Network and applaud their commitment to working collaboratively toward our goal of increasing the number of children reading at grade level by the end of third grade. These news members deepen the work going on in three of our key states. They include initiatives in seven Arizona communities: Buckeye, Chandler, Cochise County, Globe-Miami, North Gila County, Scottsdale and Tempe; two from Connecticut: Colchester and Waterbury;... ... More »

Read Aloud Seizes the Summer
Read Aloud 15 MINUTES, a GLR Campaign partner focused on encouraging parents to read to their children, is promoting summer reading in its Seize the Summer campaign. More than 50 of our communities and partners signed on to the GLR page on the Read Aloud website and downloaded materials and social media posts during the nonprofit’s March reading campaign . If you haven't already signed up, do so today by clicking here. The downloads include a poster about... ... More »

Mayors, Pediatricians, Website Embrace Early Learning
The focus on a child's early years intensified in late June as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Conference of Mayors declared the importance of early learning, and a new website was launched to promote solutions. Acknowledging the importance of reading proficiently by the end of third grade, the American Academy of Pediatrics began urging doctors and health providers to talk to parents of young children about the importance of reading aloud. The policy statement  points to... ... More »