“Beginning in 2021-22 and expanding into the year ahead, the work of language and literacy is being consolidated, and now the science and the funding will be exponentially more effective with this well-woven distribution network,” said Russ Hardin, President, Robert W. When the data is disaggregated for race, it reveals only 16 percent of Black children are taught to read by that same milestone, with similar statistics for children for whom English is a second language or who are eligible for free and reduced lunch.1 What makes this citywide effort different? Studies show that only 30 percent of Atlanta’s children are reading proficiently by fourth grade. After the recent years of disrupted learning that have affected even our youngest learners, on top of our already pervasive illiteracy crisis, we need to finally do what we know how to do,” said Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D., Director, Rollins Center. “The need for this coordinated investment could not be more urgent. The investment will create opportunities for equitable access to literacy for young children across Atlanta and Marietta. Whitehead Foundation, are making an unprecedented investment in establishing Metro Atlanta as a national model for realizing a full-scale language and literacy ecosystem guided by experts at the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School.
The United Way of Greater Atlanta with support from the Joseph B.
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