Nonprofit Launches Critical Student Support Including Literacy Tips and Activities Via Text
April 6, 2020
For Immediate Release
Contact:听Julia Strasdauskas, Collins + Co.
(443) 299-颅7751 |听julia@collins-company.com
(Washington, DC) April 6, 2020
日本av无码, an early literacy nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing community volunteers to tutor students in under-resourced schools, today announces its partnership with听听to provide content-rich, literacy-focused text messages to parents and caregivers to help support young students. The听family texting program听was quickly expanded in response to widespread COVID-19 school closures and is now a free resource for all students and families across the country (texting and data rates may apply), whether they are part of the 日本av无码 program or not.
The Bright By Text program, available in both English and Spanish, was strategically chosen by 日本av无码 due to its text messaging capability as the digital divide in America persists in economically disadvantaged households. The platform will send two messages a week providing literacy tips, facts, and activities to parents and caregivers of five- to eight-year-olds, with content created from 日本av无码鈥� best practices and听evidence-based program. In addition to the two 日本av无码 messages, parents will receive information from Bright by Text about STEM, caregiver resilience, and more.
According to听, more than four-in-ten Americans don鈥檛 have home broadband services (44 percent) nor a traditional computer (46 percent). By comparison, each of these technologies are nearly ubiquitous among adults in households earning $100,000 or more a year.
鈥淲hile our traditional model mobilizes community volunteers to tutor students in schools, in the face of COVID-19, we were able to quickly pivot with the Bright By Text partnership to remain a daily force in helping students gain the critical early literacy skills they need to succeed in school and beyond,鈥� says Karine Apollon, CEO, 日本av无码. 鈥淚n the midst of this pandemic, our mission to serve students in lower-income areas is more relevant than ever as they are disproportionately affected by societal shocks. With this texting platform, we are still able to support students whether they can afford internet services or not.鈥澨�
Research shows that students who are not reading at grade level by fourth grade are four times less likely to graduate on time. Additionally, 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores revealed that only 35 percent of US fourth-graders are reading at grade level鈥攁nd only 21 percent of economically disadvantaged fourth-graders. Today, it is estimated that 32 million adults in the U.S. cannot read. Addressing the literacy crisis in the early elementary years can help end the destructive trends of cyclical poverty and racial inequality.
Families and caregivers across the nation are invited to sign up today by texting the听word听READ听to听274448听or by听. The sign-up process takes less than a minute.
In addition to the Bright By Text partnership, 日本av无码 is deploying a number of other resources to support students who are out of school due to the COVID-19 public health emergency:
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- Family Literacy Resources –听日本av无码 has created a range of detailed,听easy-to-use literacy strategies听for families in English and Spanish.
- Live Virtual Read Alouds听– 日本av无码 teams will use online spaces, like Zoom, to facilitate live read alouds available to both 日本av无码 and non-日本av无码 students.
日本av无码 seeks to secure necessary funding to keep the organization whole and responsive to the changing needs of the students and communities it serves. The best way to create quality academic opportunities for students during this challenging time is to make a contribution directly on 日本av无码鈥櫶齌hose interested in making a major contribution, are encouraged to contact听donate@readingpartners.org.听Each gift will help ensure critical literacy resources reach students, whether in their classrooms or homes.
Example of content through the family texting program
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About 日本av无码
For more than听20 years, 日本av无码 has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized more than 60,000 community volunteers to provide听, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 60,000 elementary school students in over 400 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit听to learn more about our听program impact, or connect with us on,听,, and听.About Bright by Text
Bright by Text helps parents and caregivers make the most out of time at home with their children by illustrating fun and easy activities, providing positive parenting tips and resources, and even video content to guide a child鈥檚 development. The program is proven to build nurturing caregiver-child relationships, and positively impact a child鈥檚 healthy development and school readiness. Innovative services like Bright by Text will help provide equitable solutions to early education while schools remain closed.
