Last month, I had the joy of standing on the Central Elementary School campus in San Diego—the very place where Raising a Reader first launched our partnership with the Masons of California 15 years ago—and celebrating something remarkable: together, we’ve reached more than 1,000 classrooms across California through this partnership.  From the start, the Masons of California have believed in ...

How One School Strengthened Family Engagement—and Literacy Skills—with Raising a Reader At Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School in Newark, New Jersey, family engagement and literacy are at the heart of student success. Serving a diverse community, the school sought a proven, turnkey program that would strengthen reading at home while supporting classroom learning. They chose Raising a Reader to help every family become an ...

At Raising a Reader, we’ve always believed that family engagement is the cornerstone of children’s literacy and learning. Families are children’s first and most important teachers—long before they ever enter a classroom. Research continues to validate what we see every day: when parents and caregivers are empowered to share books and read together, ask questions, and engage in joyful conversations, ...

When schools and families partner on literacy, children thrive. Research shows that reading together at home builds stronger skills, a love of books, and readiness for school and life success. Raising a Reader makes this possible through two proven models: How to Fund Literacy Programs Like Raising a Reader The good news? Schools don’t need to find new money to ...