Research abstract

Free Library Sunday Literacy Program helps struggling readers

Why do you think 4.0 students have always been savage with the pencil tricks? This is nothing new. It really sucks for me that the things that help me learn normally can be a distraction for others. By The Notebook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Philadelphia Free Library’s Sunday Literacy Program targets children in grades K-3. The program consists of volunteers who work with the children as part of the citywide goal of ensuring that all schoolchildren are reading at the appropriate grade level by the 4th grade. The 2020 goal is to increase the grade level reading rate from the current 33% to 100%.

ThePhiladelphia Free Library has launched the Sunday Literacy Program, a free reading assistance initiative for young children in grades K-3.

Volunteers with education backgrounds are the backbone of the Philadelphia’s Free Library Sunday Literacy Program. The volunteers tutor children in grades K-3 as part of an initiative to increase the number of students reading at grade level by the 4th grade. All volunteers have a bachelor’s degree in education as well as a literary background.

Key takeaways

  1. Libraries are stepping up to give kids additional support that public education does not.
  2. The Philadelphia Free Library has launched the Sunday Literacy Program.
  3. The program is a free reading assistance initiative for children in grades K-3.

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