Raymond James is generously supporting our mission with a multi-year grant as part of the firm’s Ready for School initiative, which aims to empower students to be confident, capable learners—in and out of the classroom.

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"Success comes from practice and dedication, both on and off the field," says Lawrence Butler, Major League Baseball player with the Oakland A's. But today, he's not talking about baseball – he's addressing one of America's most pressing educational crises.

The powerboat sitting in a Bay Pines living room after Hurricane Helene tells one story of destruction. But there's another, less visible story playing out in homes across our region—the story of children falling behind in their education.

Educators are always looking for new methods to teach reading and writing. With the appropriate structure and implementation, fostering early literacy skills through singing and music can be extremely valuable and effective.

When children are babies and toddlers, parents and caregivers often sing and recite nursery rhymes to their children. But what can you do if your child is well past the preschool age and is struggling? Revisit the classics, and find new ones!

With the closing of schools, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many of the injustices facing school children across the country, from inadequate internet access to housing instability to food insecurity.

The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic.

The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic.

While the education response to the COVID-19 pandemic has varied widely, teachers agree on the high cost of remote learning, especially for vulnerable students.

COVID-19 presents immediate decision making challenges for schools and districts that rely on annual data collection to monitor student progress and performance.

At P.S. 105 in the Bronx, teachers tackle literacy instruction in new ways amid coronavirus restrictions.

The pandemic has set back learning for all students, but especially for students of color. Evidence-based acceleration approaches can help.

Sing Out and READ’s method of boosting the reading levels of at-risk kids is substantially more cost-effective than the accepted norm.

In a major shift, the controversial figure in the fight over how to teach reading now says that beginning readers should focus on sounding out words.

The Sing Out and READ team is extremely proud of the progress made by its Family Literacy Project (FLiP) participants over the course of the last few months.

This Fall, our at-risk communities are faced with a tripled burden of learning disparities.

Social distancing means more at-home time, and more opportunity to make reading gains with a Sing Out and READ tablet.

Sing Out and READ’s implementation at The Jeff & Penny Vinik Family Club at Winston Park marked the first time we were able to provide our own trained full-time facilitator on site at a Boys & Girls Club.

The Lakewood Junior Spartans football and cheer organization serves about 400 boys and girls each year in Pinellas County, FL. The club seeks to provide fun athletic learning opportunities while emphasizing the importance of academic success.