Our Current Community Footprint

Awesome Cause
Districts
Elementary Schools
2023-24 Volunteers
2023-24 Students
2023-24 Weekly Minutes Read

Our Mission

Our Mission is simple, straightforward, and achievable

...every child reading by the end of 3rd grade.

Our Why

In 2009, the church community asked local superintendents how they could make a lasting impact in the city. The response was clear: support children’s literacy and reduce school dropout rates. This led to the creation of Education Connection, which became an initiative of Christ Together Greater Austin (CTGA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, in 2015. Our volunteers make a difference by reading one-on-one with elementary students each week. As the program rapidly expands and more children need extra support, there’s an opportunity for YOU to impact a child’s literacy journey and future.

88% of students who failed to earn a high school diploma were struggling readers in third grade.

Education Connection is raising up volunteers to help combat this alarming statistic.

Survey Says

99%

of all Teachers stated their students benefited from having a Literacy Partner!

Read Teacher comments here!

97%

of all Literacy Partners noticed improvement in some or all of the students they work with!

98%

of all Students think reading with their Literacy Partner is “great” or “good.”

Woman with books for kids
Woman helping a child read
Child reading a book

Our Students Improved In

Reading Confidence

Sounding Out New/Difficult Words

Word Comprehension

Progressing Through Reading Levels

Join Education Connection

Literacy isn’t a problem, illiteracy is!

Join us as we combat childhood illiteracy, one of the largest problems in the Greater Austin area, by empowering volunteers to read with students one-on-one, while supporting educators as they help children to learn and grow.

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We help children learn to read so they can read to learn.