Education
BY ANNA MANESS
Education Connection’s mission is to have every child reading by the end of third grade.
A fundraising event in February raised over $119,000 for the nonpro t.
An Education Connection volunteer works with two young students while visiting a school.
PHOTOS COURTESY EDUCATION CONNECTION
Education Connection seeks to increase literacy rates For students who are not su cient readers by fourth grade, learning in the classroom becomes increasingly more di cult, which is why Education Connection created its literacy partnership program in 2009. The overview third grade, according to its website. “Up to third grade ... you learn to read, but after third grade, you’re reading to learn,” Mims said. For the 2024-25 academic year, volunteers will read in 120 elementary schools across the greater Austin area, Mims said. All seven Lake Travis
Education Connection has:
1,283
volunteers in the 2023-24 academic year
46,425
minutes of reading per week in the 2023-24 academic year
3,000+
students reading with literacy partners
elementary schools participated last year, she said. The nonpro t program is made possible through volunteers who commit 30 minutes weekly to help- ing two students read one-on-one during 15-minute sessions each.
Learning to read is a lifelong bene t for young people, said Joan Mims, Education Connection’s District Director for Lake Travis ISD. The program’s mission is to have every child reading by the end of
16
participating school districts
Learn more at www.educationconnection.org.
SOURCE: EDUCATION CONNECTION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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