Read to Lead Grants for Early Childhood and Early Literacy Efforts

by | July 10, 2014

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Seven Read to Lead grants for early childhood and early literacy efforts were announced by Governor Scott Walker and State Superintendent Tony Evers:

 
• Central City Cyberschool of Milwaukee — $40,516 for teacher professional development programs and for students to build at-home libraries.

 
• Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin — $45,000 to provide children’s books to families who are visiting the doctor at 28 pediatric clinics statewide.

 
• Winnebago County Literacy Council — $7500 to help teach English literacy skills to refugee and immigrant parents and their children.

 
• Northeast Wisconsin Technical College — $18,675 for a training course to improve early childhood literacy instruction for child care providers.

 
• Wausau School District Elementary Schools — $44,761 to teach the LETRS science-based reading methods to reading instructors in pre-kindergarten and Head Start.

 
• CESA 8 — $44,974 to teach science-based reading instruction methods to reading instructors at Wabeno, Gresham, White Lake, Suring, and Marinette’s Park elementary schools.

 
• Schreiner Memorial Library (Lancaster Public Library) — $3500 to provide books, library access, and education on the importance of reading to economically disadvantaged parents at Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) visits.

 
(Source: DPI ConnectEd on-line)

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