by Rhea Muchalla LeGrande | Dec 2, 2024 | Children's Development, Statistics
As we enter the final month of 2024, I’m reflecting on the past six months in my role as Executive Director of Lead to Read KC. On my first day back in May, my oldest daughter sweetly asked me what I was most excited about. I told her the truth: I was excited to help...
by Rhea Muchalla LeGrande | Jul 17, 2024 | Children's Development, Statistics
The month of July comes with impact reports on the past year and ambitious plans for the next year. For me, it always feels important to pause and pull up, to think about the big picture and how our impact is adding color to the picture we’re all trying to craft. For...
by Angela Pritchett | Oct 26, 2023 | Children's Development, Media, Media 2023, Statistics
Acting upon a resolution submitted by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commends Lead to Read KC. The nonprofit is one of twenty outstanding programs, events, and products recognized in...
by Angela Pritchett | Sep 8, 2023 | Children's Development, Media, Media 2023, Statistics
While many factors have led to a lag in reading competency — especially the pandemic — Lead to Read KC is working to raise literacy levels by partnering with KC-area schools to bring reading mentors into classrooms. read on Community voice
by Angela Pritchett | Sep 7, 2023 | Children's Development, Media, Media 2023, Statistics
Higher reading proficiency has proven health, financial and environmental outcomes. Here’s what you can do to help Kansas City’s literacy levels. read on KC Today
by Angela Pritchett | Aug 24, 2023 | Children's Development, Media, Media 2023, Statistics
Pauly Hart, the executive director of Lead to Read KC, calls the high rates of low literacy a “crisis.” Reading test scores have dropped since 2019, and Missouri students are still trying to recover from learning deficits caused by the pandemic....
