2. 2 grade reading proficiency Essential Assurances  Quality teaching in every setting  Seamless systems of care, services and family supports, 0-8  Community solutions to barriers faced by the children least likely to succeed 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 9-22-13

3. 3 1,600 local organizations (including over 100 local funders) Reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade is the most important predictor of high school graduation and career success. Yet every year, more than 80% of children from low-income families miss this crucial milestone. The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is leading the charge to reverse this catastrophic trend and working with communities nationwide to ensure every child has a chance to read well. Learn more at www.gradelevelreading.net Grade-Level Reading Network Communities

4. An enabling narrative that pushes against paralysis and gridlock A broad and deep consensus around high school graduation The common sense translation of research into accessible messages Goals and targets that are ambitious, achievable and actionable Recipe for Successful “Big Tent” Mobilization 4

5. Focus on the early years and the early grades Focus on the children and on the adults in their lives Focus on grade-level reading and STEM Focus on program outcomes and the hand-offs A “Both/And” Strategy for Investment, Engagement, Civic Action and Policy Advocacy 5