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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.
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 city leaders what we could do to make a lasting impact in our city. The answer was simple: to support children’s literacy and decrease school dropout rates. Hence, Education Connection was created as a 501(c)(3) under the umbrella of CTGA. In the 2019-20 school year, pre-COVID, more than 1,160 volunteers were serving at least 2,535 children in 11 school districts across Central Texas by sitting with elementary children each week for 30 minutes to read one-on-one. With the program growing rapidly and with more children in need of extra support, there’s a place for you to make a difference in a child’s education and life.
Our Impact
100%
of all Teachers noticed improvement in some or all of their students reading with literacy partners this year!
98%
of all Literacy Partners noticed improvement in some or all of their students they worked with this year!
95%
of all Teachers want to participate again next year, AND Teachers felt information was communicated to them in a manner that was timely & purposeful.
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 equipping an army of volunteers to read to students one-on-one,
while supporting educators as they help children to learn and grow.
We help children learn to read
so they can read to learn.