So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky. ~ William James

The Campaign focuses on an important predictor of school success and high school graduation— grade-level reading by the end of third grade. Learning to Read Reading to Learn (Birth to Third Grade) (Fourth Grade and Beyond)

Research shows that proficiency in reading by the end of third grade enables students to shift from learning to read to reading to learn, and to master the more complex subject matter they encounter in the fourth grade curriculum. Two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders are not proficient readers, according to national reading assessment data. More than four out of every five low- income students miss this critical milestone. Why GLR?

School Readiness Healthy Readers Successful Parents Attendance Summer Learning What are the campaign priorities?

The Campaign is building a network of national, state and local civic leaders policymakers advocates community organizations and everyday people! Who is listening?

Momentum Is Building 232 communities, representing 42 states across the nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with 1,600 local organizations (including over 100 local funders)

7 The Goal: By 2020, a dozen states or more will increase by at least 100 percent the number of children from low-income families reading proficiently at the end of third grade.

8 grade reading proficiency Essential Assurances  Quality teaching in every setting  Seamless systems of care, services and family supports, 0-8  Community Solutions (Readiness, Attendance and Summer Learning) Investment Strategies (Time, Talent, Dollars) Replicate and scale what works Create proof points of success and scale Milestones By 2015/2016 Progress on the strategies Progress on the community solutions Progress on student performance By 2020 A dozen states or more have increased by at least 100% the number of low-income children reading proficiently by the end of 3 rd grade Promising trend line and sustainable momentum How to disrupt intergenerational poverty? Organize and mobilize the “big tent” 3 rd The Plan

Grade-Level Reading Communities Network Communities benefit from being part of the Network which serves as a: Platform Community of Practice Distribution Channel for promising ideas, programs and practices that advances the work through peer exchanges, peer learning and peer coaching for delivering technical assistance, pursuing scale and accelerating innovation

Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign State Policy Thought Leaders Funders Collaborative Community Leaders Network Business Alliance Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign

Martin Miami-Dade Orlando Palm Beach Pinellas St. Lucie Sarasota Tallahassee Broward Brevard Delray Gainesville Tampa Indian River Jacksonville Manatee Florida’s GLR Communities

2012 Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Vero Beach 2013 Palm Beach, Delray, Tampa, Vero Beach 2014 Delray, Tampa, Sarasota and Florida GLR Campaign Florida’s Pace-Setters

Martin County’s Community Solutions Action Plan Ready for School. Ready for the World. Our Call to Action! Positioned for 2016 Pacesetter Status