What are you doing on October 6? How does breaking a world reading record while raising awareness about America’s achievement gap sound?
2. Spread the Word: Use our simple tools to educate your friends and family about America’s early education achievement gap and invite them to read.
I just took the Jumpstart’s Read for the Record pledge! I’m reading on October 6 because I believe every child deserves a quality early education. Won’t you join me?
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record® is a national campaign that mobilizes adults and children to close the early education achievement gap by setting a reading world record. This annual campaign allows Americans to demand that all children receive the quality early education they deserve. On October 6, 2011, more than 2 million voices will call for an end to America’s early education achievement gap by reading Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney – setting a world record in the process! Get involved by pledging to read on October 6 and spreading the word to your friends and family. For more information and to get involved, visit www.readfortherecord.org!
Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Through a proven curriculum, these children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late. Join us to work toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Learn more at www.jstart.org.