Raising A Reader MA
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Mission Statement
To close the literacy opportunity gap among children from birth to age six in under-resourced communities by helping families develop and practice shared home reading habits. Raising a Reader MA is an evidence-based early literacy program that helps families of young children, from birth to age age six, develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading together at home. Our core program model, which both increases access to books and offers support for strengthening the culture of reading at home, is driven by more than 30 years of research that show the most significant factor impacting a child’s academic success is being regularly read to by a parent or other primary adult caregiver before starting kindergarten. Our goal is to end the cycle of low literacy by helping families across Massachusetts develop high impact home reading routines that lay the groundwork for a lifetime of learning, success, and productive, responsible citizenship.
About This Cause
Raising a Reader MA is an independent affiliate of a national organization that was brought to Massachusetts in Spring 2006 by the GreenLight Fund, an organization that identifies high-performing, innovative nonprofits in cities around the country and then supports expansion of those programs where they meet a local need. The GreenLight Fund chose Raising a Reader for its demonstrated success and efficacy in dealing with a central issue in American education today – the academic readiness gap between low income and middle/upper income children. In 2009, Raising A Reader MA became an independent 501(c)(3). In the 2023-2024 program year, Raising a Reader MA served over 6.500 children and families in over 700 implementing sites across the state, teaching high-impact and easily accessible Dialogic Reading strategies to thousands of parents, many of whom have never had a practice of reading in their homes. Our vision is to make interactive reading a joyful and rewarding routine for all families. We equip parents to be their child’s first teacher, empowered to be active participants in their child’s education, impacting success in school and beyond.