Education Law

Read for the Record!

BoardBuzz is very excited to annouce Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign! Children and adults are reading together at homes, schools, libraries, stores and more with the goal of setting children on the track for success in both school and life.

Since 1933, Jumpstart has worked toward the day that every child in America can enter school prepared, but the current reality is that many children in low-income communities do not have appropiate books in thier homes to begin to succeed.

Read for the Record aims to fix this inequality; Because the number of books in a home is the strongest indicator of a child's future reading ability, the campaign asks individuals or groups to buy a book to open the world of reading for children. All proceeds go directly to the Jumpstart program,which matches adult readers with children for a full year before they enter school.

This year's book is Corduroy by Don Freeman, and the Pearson Foundation, both a founding partner of Jumpstart and a sponsor of Read for the Record, is providing more than 100,000 copies to children in low-income communities.

BoardBuzz encourages you to learn more at the campaign's web site. Are you reading for the record and incorporating time to read with children? Let us know and leave us a comment... we'd love to know how you are taking part!

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).