May 2012
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a determined effort to mobilize foundations, nonprofit partners, states and communities around moving the needle on third grade reading over the next decade.
Thirty-two communities have been named finalists for the All-America City Award, an honor that will be announced July 2, at the end of the Grade-Level Reading Community Network Conference in Denver. Another 25 cities and counties were named finalists for the... ...
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April 2012
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a determined effort to mobilize philanthropic leadership around moving the needle on third grade reading over the next decade.
The cities, counties, and towns that submitted action plans last month for improving grade-level reading are now taking the first crack at deciding who should receive the All-America City designation. More than 1,000 peer reviewers, drawn from the 100+ cities competing for the award, are... ...
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March 2012
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a determined effort to mobilize philanthropic leadership around moving the needle on third grade reading over the next decade.
The growing momentum for increasing third grade reading proficiency continues to surpass our expectations: On March 12, more than 120 cities, counties, and towns submitted ambitious and sustainable plans to get students on track for grade-level reading by the end of third grade.
These communities are... ...
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February 2012
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a determined effort to mobilize philanthropic leadership around moving the needle on third grade reading over the next decade.
Jacqueline Jones, Senior Advisor for Early Learning to the Secretary of Education, joined the All-America City Grade-Level Reading network on a webinar this month. Jones passed along the U.S. Department of Education’s praise for the work these communities across the country are doing to boost... ...
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January 2012
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a determined effort to mobilize philanthropic leadership around moving the needle on third grade reading over the next decade.
PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are enlisting their network of public television stations and vast online resources to advance the Campaign’s goals. In a webinar last week, PBS Senior Vice President for Education Rob Lippincott noted, “There are so many ways that we... ...
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