By Liz Rothaus Bertrand From the beginning, Read Charlotte has been a collaborative effort. To successfully and dramatically improve literacy among Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s youngest residents, a
A look at Year One in Charlotte and its game-changing potential in Read Charlotte’s community-wide initiative to double literacy rates By Liz Rothaus Bertrand When
50 HELPS tutoring sessions on average closed 75% of the gap for third graders who started school one year behind CHARLOTTE, N.C.— July 10, 2019—
Part IV: CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS Written by Liz Bertrand Each Read Charlotte Transformation Network site is a collaborative effort between many different community organizations,
Read Charlotte is a community initiative that unites families, educators and community partners to improve children’s literacy from birth to third grade with a goal of doubling reading proficiency from 39% to 80%. Reading proficiency at third grade is a critical predictor of school, career and life success. Children who are not reading at grade level by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school.