In the midst of this early literacy crisis, faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communitie
In the midst of this
early literacy crisis, faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise
in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communitie
in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communities.
Strategies include: approaches that encourage parents to read and talk with their children at home or to participate
in activities
in the
early years setting; programmes that focus directly on parents themselves, for example, providing training
in parenting skills or adult numeracy and
literacy support; and more intensive programmes for disadvantaged families or families
in crisis, for example, through schools appointing a family liaison that work with parents through either home visits or other targeted approaches.