Creating Young Readers works to make sure early literacy skills are top priority for kindergartners and first grade area students, with free one-on-one tutoring.
The "If You Give a Child a Book..." campaign distributes books to students from lower-income neighborhoods with a focus on the critical kindergarten through third grade years.
In 2022, 79% of New Mexico fourth graders could not read proficiently, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. New Mexico’s fourth grade cohort has never reached ...