Washington Post Article About the Importance of Print Materials and Student Achievement

Thank you to Carol H. Rasco, the president and chief executive of Reading is Fundamental, for her article in the Washington Post. Carol Rasco discusses a new study (released by Learning Point Associates) which points to the importance of print materials in early childhood learning. In addition, Reach Out and Read also partners with Reading [...]

Education Week letter to Editor regarding importance of ROR

Published Online: August 10, 2010 Published in Print: August 11, 2010, as ‘Kindergarten Ready’ May Begin With a Book Letter ‘Kindergarten Ready’ May Begin With a Book To the Editor: As the leader of a team of 30,000 doctors, nurses, and volunteers committed to ensuring that every child arrives at kindergarten prepared to succeed, I [...]

The Worst of Times: Children in Extreme Poverty in the South and Nation

June 15, 2010- The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) has released a new report which finds that a large, growing number of children in the South and the nation live in extreme poverty—surviving on less than seven or eight dollars per day.  The report also discusses the impact of poverty on access to education. http://www.southerneducation.org/showTeaser.asp?did=633

RORVA – Mutual of Omaha “aha” moments

A few weeks ago, Susan Rockwell received an email from a woman at the Mutual of Omaha telling us about an opportunity to get our name out there a little bit more. Mutual of Omaha had started a program of traveling around in an Airstream Camper turned recording studio. Sue had forwarded the contact email [...]

RORVA at Northside Family Learning Center Grand Opening!

On August 7th Reach Out and Read Virginia will be participating in the grand opening of the Northside Family Learning Center, the new location for Partnership for Families Northside. Among the partners participating, there will also be Kool Smiles dental services, Goodwill, YMCA, Family Lifeline, Chip, United Way, players from the Richmond Revolution indoor football [...]

RORVA Gives Children a head start on the “Race to the Top”

The Following Piece by earlyed.newamerica.net was forwarded to me the other day, and I could not help but notice how what Reach Out and Read has been doing for years supports the success of this program. Even as a key element for the success of the Common Standards program the most basic premise that ROR [...]