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Raising A Reader Texting Study Featured in EdSource

News about our partnership with Stanford University researchers in a recent parent texting study is making the rounds! We’re happy to be featured in a recent EdSource article, examining what Raising A Reader provides to parents and educators. Most importantly, this article notes that parent involvement is the key to developing a life-long love of…

Parent Texting Study Produces Results!

Recently, Raising A Reader, San Francisco, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties partnered with researchers from Stanford University to lend a helping hand in crafting helpful tips on building early literacy skills for a parent texting study conducted in the Bay Area. Now, the results are in: tips-by-texting works! This inexpensive, accessible outreach effort proves to be…

RAR to Shake Things up at Litquake 2014

“Just one more story… please?” Kids and the adults who care for them are invited to join Raising A Reader, San Francisco, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties at Green Apple Books on the Park for a free event as part of San Francisco’s famous Litquake Literary Festival. Our family-friendly event will feature dynamic, interactive read-alouds for…

Planting the SEEDS of Success!

We are proud to announce that Raising A Reader, San Francisco, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties has been chosen as a recipient for a 2014 Kenneth Rainin Foundation award. Raising A Reader was chosen among several Bay Area organizations to receive awards from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. In total, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation awarded over $700,000…

Raising A Reader featured in EdSource Article

In a recently published EdSource article, writer Lillian Mongeau explores Bay Area nonprofits dedicated to teaching parents how to to read with their children. In preparation for her article, Lillian joined Program Coordinator Michele Callwood at a classroom Read Aloud at FranDelJA preschool in San Francisco’s Bayview–Hunters Point neighborhood. See the full article to read…

Program Coordinator Michele Callwood Featured on CBS Bay Area!

RAR is proud to share Michele’s interview with Randy Yagi of the Examiner, featured on CBS Bay Area online. Michele Callwood is a program coordinator for Bay Area-based non-profit Raising a Reader, an early literacy program that helps promote family engagement and bonding with their children. With a passionate effort to work with people from all backgrounds,…

Article on Raising A Reader in Children’s Advocate

Children’s Advocate, a periodical published since 1973 for Action Alliance for Children, has an article about Raising A Reader San Francisco and Alameda Counties’ 2014 expansion into Contra Costa County. In addition to discussion the expansion into Contra Costa County, and Raising A Reader’s Red-Bag Rotation, the article mentions Raising A Reader’s parent education initiatives:…

Program Manager Jennifer Caban wins Excelencia Latina Award!

Raising A Reader’s Program Manager, Jennifer Cabán, was selected as “Excelencia Latina” for her extensive and dedicated service in education in the Bay Area and New York by MundoFox. Watch this video now OR go to http://lam-network.com/profiles-excelencia-latina/ to read her Excelencia Latina profile. Excelencia Latina