Ensure children start school with foundational skills like vocabulary and early language exposure that set the stage for all subsequent learning and reduce achievement gaps.
A National Conversation on Literacy Success
This fall, The Center brought Louisiana’s story of literacy progress to the nation’s capital through The Blueprint for Literacy Symposium in Washington, D.C. The event convened national education leaders, researchers, and policymakers to highlight how Louisiana’s evidence-based approach to reading instruction is improving outcomes for students and inspiring reform across the country. Through powerful presentations, collaborative discussions, and shared best practices, the symposium underscored The Center’s role in leading a national movement to ensure every child learns to read and reads to learn.
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Literacy is the cornerstone of opportunity, civic participation, and lifelong success. Smart literacy policy is the anchor. By ensuring every child enters school prepared to learn, has high-impact instruction, is supported by skilled educators, and has families who are partners in learning, we can give them their best chance to succeed.
Ensure children start school with foundational skills like vocabulary and early language exposure that set the stage for all subsequent learning and reduce achievement gaps.
Institute evidence-based instruction grounded in the science of reading and aligned to standards so that proficiency is not luck, but a predictable outcome for all learners.
Equip teachers with the training, resources, and ongoing support needed to deliver effective literacy instruction and adapt it to diverse student needs.
Build a bridge between school and home, because when parents and caretakers are informed and involved, children’s literacy—and their motivation to learn—soars.
To provide funding for Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund
Relative to pupil progression, deletes requirements for summer remediation programs and requires that pupil progression plans be made publicly available
Requests the state Department of Education to create the Early Literacy Commission.
Strong readers are built at home long before they open a textbook.
Schools are the bridge between home and the broader world of learning.
Policy decisions shape the resources, training, and opportunities available to every child.
