Register to Speak Up for Literacy New York!
Receive a FREE Speak Up kit with all the data for your unique school district.
Let your elected officials know!
Your representatives took an oath to take responsibility for increasing student achievement and providing fiscal accountability, give them the facts! These facts are buried in New York State Education Department data website
This is a general education crisis (check your county's track record on our GITHUB). According to NYSED 55% of ALL students in 3rd-grade read below grade level (below proficient). According to NAEP (the gold standard) 65% of ALL students read below grade level. Find out why 3rd-grade reading proficiency is critical (see below).
Let your elected officials know!
Your representatives took an oath to take responsibility for increasing student achievement and providing fiscal accountability, give them the facts! These facts are buried in New York State Education Department data website
This is a general education crisis (check your county's track record on our GITHUB). According to NYSED 55% of ALL students in 3rd-grade read below grade level (below proficient). According to NAEP (the gold standard) 65% of ALL students read below grade level. Find out why 3rd-grade reading proficiency is critical (see below).
What can I do to improve literacy levels at my school?
Sign up, and show your school representatives the social and economic impact of failure to teach reading in YOUR district and schools.
Speak Up to your public-school representatives:
~the Board of Education (BOE),
~Panel for Education Policy (PEP),
~Community Education Council (CEC).
How do I find out when my school representatives meet? See below sign-up form..
Sign up, and show your school representatives the social and economic impact of failure to teach reading in YOUR district and schools.
Speak Up to your public-school representatives:
~the Board of Education (BOE),
~Panel for Education Policy (PEP),
~Community Education Council (CEC).
How do I find out when my school representatives meet? See below sign-up form..
We will freely email or mail the entire kit to you:
What does the information include?
*How many students are predicted to drop out
*How many students are unprepared for college
*The economic impact of failure to teach reading on taxpayers
*Grade progression charts (NYC coming soon)
*Your district compared to other districts in your county (NYC coming soon)
All data is from New York State Education Department & the calculator is from the Education Consumers Foundation
- the script for you to read out
- the brochure
- Comparison bar graph of 3rd-grade reading levels for all the districts in YOUR county (NYC coming soon)
- Progression charts for individual school districts (NYC coming soon)
What does the information include?
*How many students are predicted to drop out
*How many students are unprepared for college
*The economic impact of failure to teach reading on taxpayers
*Grade progression charts (NYC coming soon)
*Your district compared to other districts in your county (NYC coming soon)
All data is from New York State Education Department & the calculator is from the Education Consumers Foundation
How do I find out when my school representatives meet?
Where do our school representatives meet?
For New York State: the Board of Education (BOE)
For NYC: the Panel for Education Policy (PEP) & Community Education Council (CEC)
How to find your school board calendar and key dates
Find your official school district website. Find the link to the school board website. If you can’t find it, put the name of your school district and “school board” in a search engine. The calendar should always be on the school district’s website.
How to register to speak at a school board meeting
On the school website, look for “Citizen Participation” or a similar option on the school board website. Once you select this option, you will see a button or link to “Register to Speak at Regular School Board meeting” or similar. Or you may have to sign up by writing your name on a list at the meeting. If you cannot find this information, call your school district office - they will look it up for you.
Here's Part of the kit, there are bar graphs too: check them out HERE
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1. Short 3-minute testimony (to be read out to district representatives)
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2. Longer testimony ( we will send both)
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Trifold brochure (bottom sheet should be upside down) to be handed out to each committee member
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