We are excited to have added many new Readers & community partners to the Lead to Read KC team this fall. Across Kansas City we have 48 classes in 12 partner schools, bringing our actual total number of Readers to 899. We say, it’s one Reader at a time that makes...
Blog
Our blog is like a choose-your-own-adventure book, with a great Lead to Read KC story on every page. Read recent posts and explore an archive dating back to 2012.
Featured Reader: Lokesh Ravichandran
Lokesh Ravichandran, Staff Software Developer with DST, is the Site Coordinator for Garfield Elementary. He has been instrumental in the growth and success of our team there. Today at Garfield we have 120 DST Readers – many of whom Lokesh has personally recruited! I...
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate…
Keeping up with Lead to Read KC’s growth is exciting and challenging! We are working as fast as we can, but we have to admit, some days it feels a little like Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory. We laugh, but the reality is our growth is out pacing our funding....
2015-16 Garfield Survey Data
Lead to Read KC began using a very simple, but statically reliable survey, during it’s pilot year. This survey is still conducted on students in the program. The survey, found here, is administered by the teachers before the first Lead to Read session. At the end of...
Letter from a teacher – May 2, 2015
Greetings! It is with great pleasure that I am writing to you about the Lead to Read Program. I am a First Grade Teacher at Garfield Elementary School in the Kansas City Public Schools. This was my first, of what I hope will be many, years of participation in the Lead...
Letter from a teacher – April 26th, 2016
Dear Sarah, The phenomenal success of the Lead to Read KC program at Garfield is a reflection of the ever-increasing dedication and enthusiasm of the volunteers on a continual basis. Each week students and volunteers read to each other, but more importantly they...