2012 All-America City Grade Level Reading Awards

The National Civic League is adding its support to national efforts to address a persistent challenge in education: increasing the number of low-income children reading at grade level by the end of third grade.

Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade, yet two-thirds of U.S. schoolchildren are not reaching that benchmark. And children who don’t read by the end of third grade and live in poverty are six times more likely to fail to graduate from high school.

On June, 15, 2011, NCL announced its partnership with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, a national coalition of funders, business and community stakeholders. The Campaign’s goal is to increase by 50 percent the number of low-income children reading on grade level in 3rd grade in at least a dozen states during the next ten years.

We are asking communities to sign a letter of intent demonstrating their willingness to participate in the 2012 All-America City Grade Level Reading Award program.

Link here to make hotel arrangements for the AAC-GLR event in Denver, June 30-July 2.

Link here to do the online application process.

Link here for a framework (application) for the 2012 AAC-GLR Award.

Click here for a link to our October 31 Webinar on AAC-GLR.

Click here for a link to the November 17 Webinar on AAC-GLR.

For an invitation to apply for the 2012 award, click here.

For more information on the Campaign for Grade Level Reading, click here.

Frequently asked questions, click here.

To see guidelines for mayors, click here.

Guidelines for community-based organizations.

Guidelines for business leaders.

To see a webinar presentation, click here.

Link here for a Campaign for Grade Level Reading video.

2012 All-America City Grade Level Reading Award Advisory Committee