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June 21, 2007
Ready, set, read!
BoardBuzz always loves a way to get kids reading, and one of our favorites is coming back for a second time around. Read for the Record, which kicked off last year, is coming back again this fall.
Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults from across the country to read the same book on the same day. The goal is to raise public awareness about disparities in early education. According to the Web site,
An early learning gap exists as early as age 3, due primarily to economic inequality. And because of these early discrepancies in language acquisition and literacy skills, one third of America’s children arrive at their first day of school unprepared to learn. Awareness about this issue is crucial, as this early learning disparity serves as a critical precursor to our country’s persistent educational achievement gap.
This year, the official campaign book is The Story of Ferdinand, which will be read across the country September 20, 2007, in an attempt at breaking the record for the largest shared reading experience ever, which was set by 150,000 people on August 24, 2006 during the inaugural year the campaign. To learn how to get involved, click here.
Posted June 21, 2007 4:52 PM |
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