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Janel Jamerson (FGLN) and Ilka Walkley

(RLG)

Working together : the Campaign for Grade Level Reading and RBA

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INTRODUCTION

The Campaign for Grade Level Reading (www.gradelevelreading.net)• 200+ communities across the US – RLG

working with 75 of these communities

• Local Campaigns within a national framework brokering technical assistance, communications, resources – not funding

• Set of shared progress indicators for school readiness (inc. health), attendance, summer learning loss and grade level reading proficiency

3 BIG LESSONS

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“More children from low-income families ready for school and developmentally on track”

“Fewer children from low-income families entering kindergarten with undetected, undiagnosed and untreated conditions and developmental delays that can impede learning”

Community ownership of ‘problem’ – and solutions Need common language and shared measurement

‘fall in love with the problem’ (the story), not the solution

FLINT AND GENESEE LITERACY NETWORK

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A community plan for collective impact to improve literacy

The power of a common language

RBA - a new way of working to address causes, not ‘business as usual’

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