At Ready Readers, we are working to close the educational equity gap for children in our region through targeted programs that build early literacy skills and encourage reading in the classroom and at home. We’re establishing connections between children and trusted adults who show them that reading is fun, rewarding and worthy of their time and attention. Ready Readers equips children with the resources they need to become successful readers, engaged students, and ultimately, healthy, thriving members of their community.
Your commitment and investment in Literacy: A Gateway to Equity is an important step towards our work together towards all children having the right to an equitable literacy education.
Why Invest in Early Literacy?
When you invest in early literacy, you’re contributing to a stronger, healthier community. Literacy provides a pathway out of poverty, increasing high school graduation rates, expanding opportunities for employment, and reducing crime, teen pregnancies and health disparities that lead to shorter life expectancy.
Ultimately, [literacy] is the gateway to lifelong learning… Without equity in literacy education, achievement gaps will persist and too many students will not reap literacy’s innumerable benefits.
