Mar
15
2012
A study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave without a diploma than proficient readers.
The report--Double Jeopardy: How Poverty & Third Grade Reading...
Mar
14
2012
The Center for Early Literacy Learning has released several new resources. Check them out and take advantage of them!
Three new CELLcasts. CELLcasts are audio/video versions of CELL practice guides which are available to view online or download. Give Me,...
Nov
28
2011
Smart Start of Brunswick County has received a matching grant award from Raising a Reader for its Books for Babies in Brunswick County project. Books for Babies partners Smart Start’s Raising A Reader and Parents As Teachers together in...
Feb
15
2011
Children develop the skills needed to learn to read long before they ever enter a kindergarten classroom. Early Ed Watch interviewed Gabrielle Miller, a national expert on early literacy interventions and national executive director for Raising A Reader about what the...
Oct
07
2010
Today is Jumpstart’s Read for the Record©--a world record breaking campaign that brings children and adults together to read the same book, on the same day, in homes and communities all over the world. The campaign also kicks off...
Aug
23
2010
Excellent video from The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center. It illustrates how early language and literacy development contributes to a child’s success throughout life.
Window to the World: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development
Aug
20
2010
The American Prospect recently published a 22-page special report on early childhood literacy entitled “Reading by Grade Three.” It is an in-depth examination of the challenges policymakers, advocates, parents, and teachers face in ensuring that every young child in...
Aug
18
2010
Research confirms that supporting children's early literacy development is a critical to their future reading success. A new resource challenges state and local policymakers to use such research findings to promote an early literacy agenda that can help everyone...
Aug
17
2010
Some children come to school knowing far fewer words than others. Researchers have found that even by age three, the gap is evident. Children from families with low incomes had 600 fewer words than their peers from families with...
Jul
23
2010
Ashe County Partnership for Children is a 2010 recipient of a $20,000 Family Literacy grant through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Its program “Ashe Family Literacy” provides adult education, early childhood education for the children of the adult students,...
