Book Up Summer June 20, 2019

Summer reading program helps fill the gaps for Washington kids

The Phinneywood blog covered Page Ahead’s efforts to build home libraries and stop summer slide.

Page Ahead is a nonprofit that focuses on closing the literacy achievement gap for kids in majority low-income communities across Washington by building home libraries and providing reading resources. They are a major partner of Seattle Public Schools, and as the school year ended last month, they gave thousands of K–2 kids in Seattle (and across the state) 12 free books each for summer reading through their Book Up Summer program. With the COVID-19 school closures exacerbating existing inequities for our students, having reading material at home is more crucial than ever.”

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