Research shows that reading proficiency by the end of third grade is one of the most important predictors of continued success. Throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada, there is a movement bringing together the collective resources of foundations, nonprofit partners, government agencies, states, and hundreds of communities helping children from birth through 3rd grade, especially those from asset-limited families, succeed in life by ensuring they read on grade level. This movement, led by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, focuses on key solutions that impact a child’s ability to read while strengthening support for children and families:
As a four-county region, the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading works toward the goals of this movement in The Patterson Foundation’s home region of Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.
National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states, and more than 390 communities in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada to ensure that more children from asset-limited families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship. The Campaign focuses on an important predictor of school success and high school graduation — grade-level reading by the end of third grade. The Patterson Foundation strengthens the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading nationally as an anchor funder, providing strategy and consulting expertise to the community network.
Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is a four-county effort in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties to help children from birth through 3rd grade, especially those from asset-limited families, succeed in life by ensuring they read on grade level. Part of a nationwide movement, the region is focused on addressing the most common issues and obstacles that impact a child’s ability to read through five solutions areas: school readiness, attendance, summer learning, family engagement, and health determinants.