Welcome to FCRR! We are dedicated to ensuring that all children are reading and succeeding in school. Communities play an important role in helping children learn and grow their reading and literacy skills. Community members can deliver programming, provide services, raise funding, and advocate for policies that support children's learning inside and outside of schools. Here, you can find resources to support all children in your community. FCRR invites you to use the resources below to make evidence-based and evidence-informed decisions to improve reading for all learners.
What Community Groups Can Do to Help All Children Learn to Read?
Learn about steps community organizations can take to help more children learn to read.
How Community Groups Can Serve Children Who Most Need Help
Tips for finding and serving children in the community who could benefit from your support.
A Community Driven Example: The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Supports local Grade-Level Reading Campaigns by acting as a hub, broker, dissemination channel, and accelerator for established and emerging practice, policy, ideas, data and research.
How Business Leaders Can Help Early Literacy: A Community Commitment (A Role for Business Leaders)
Learn about how to support early childhood literacy by building awareness, making connections, and sharing resources with preschools and families in your community.
Maximize Extended Learning Time: K-3 Reading Tutors
Information and a guided process to plan and implement a tutoring program for students in grades K-3.
The Why: Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
Learn about three principles to guide programs and policies to improve outcomes for children and families.
Advocate: The State of Dyslexia
Advocate for dyslexics by learning more about legislation and initiatives in your state.
Advocate: Reading Reform Across America—A Survey of State Legislation
Explore recent legislation related to reading in your state.
How Funders Can Help: The Center for High Impact Philanthropy
Actionable guidance on investing to impact education and youth.
Developing Strong Foundational Literacy Skills in Children — It Takes All of Us!
Learn about resources on foundational literacy for communities, state and district leaders, families and caregivers, and teachers and school leaders.
Community Engagement & Empowerment Kits
Learn more about kits developed to offer parents and children engaging books and activities to deliver fun, literacy-based activities to students.
