The Statistics are Daunting:

• Only 1 in 6 students who are behind will catch up after the third grade.

• 40% of students entering Kindergarten are not ready. 

• When a child arrives behind they will stay behind without intervention.

• Children living in poverty hear 30 million fewer words than children from higher income families.

The Consequences:

• Fourth graders who cannot read at grade level are likely to become our nation's lowest income, least skilled, least productive and most costly citizens.

• Some states determine how many prison cells to build based on school third grade reading scores.

• More than 75% of those on welfare, 85% of unwed mothers, 68% of those arrested and 60% of America's prison inmates are illiterate.

By building the collaborative capacity to learn and adapt through our Moonshot Transformation Process (MTP), we are making significant gains toward improving education in Indian River County.  The Learning Alliance recognizes and aligns resources behind four areas of work to improve literacy.

Excellence in Teaching: Energize school leadership to drive system change through the alignment of education policies and practices ensuring all VPK-3rd grade teachers have the necessary training in the science of literacy and learning. Provide coaching and support in classroom practices to ensure all students experience best practices in early literacy instruction.

Extended Learning for Students: Increase community-wide collaboration and investment in effective extended learning programs during the school day, after school, and during the summer to support struggling students and catch them up to grade-level expectations.

Engaged Community: Through collective action, establish as a community-wide priority, that public and private investments in early literacy are key to the success of our students and to the economic vitality of our community.

Empowered Families: Provide early literacy education and support to children and their families to ensure all children arrive ready for kindergarten.

Help us transform lives and make real change in education by donating today!   (Visit our Donate page for full details.) Ninety cents on every dollar donated goes into our education programs.  Donations may be made online to The Learning Alliance using our Paypal account.  You do not need to set up a Paypal account, and may submit payments online with a credit card.  

You also may contact our Finance Manager at 877-548-READ (7323) or mail donations to The Learning Aliance, PO Box 643446, Vero Beach, FL  32963.  

We are a  a 501(c)(3) organization: 85-8015544029C-9 / Tax ID: 27-0725986.

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