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OUR MISSION
The Benedict Silverman Foundation promotes excellence and equity in American K-12 public schools by supporting research-based literacy instruction.
We seek to level the playing field in the face of systemic obstacles, because every child deserves an equal chance to thrive—which starts with learning to read.
We believe
every child deserves an equal chance to thrive—and it starts with learning to read.
OUR PRIORITIES
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The Reading Institute partners with universities, community-based organizations, and schools to prepare future and current educators to deliver the Reading Ready and Reading Go evidence-based literacy programs to students in grades PK-3. The Reading Institute also offers a ten hour microcredential on the Science of Reading.
Benedict Silverman Foundation has proudly supported Reading Go! (formerly Reading Rescue) since 1998.
Reading Go! is a one-to-one intervention for first and second grade striving readers. The program is based on the Five Pillars of Literacy (as identified by the National Reading Panel) including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Benedict Silverman Foundation has proudly supported Reading Ready since 2020. Reading Ready was developed by Dr. Katie Pace Miles, Associate Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY and Founder and President of The Reading Institute.
Reading Ready supports emergent word reading skills in pre- or struggling readers. Intentionally developed to be provided by either educators or caregivers.
Community Support Grants
Benedict Silverman Foundation has allocated additional grants to incredible organizations providing social services to those most impacted.
OUR PARTNERS
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Allison Jaffin
Scott Harrison
Rhahime Bell
FEATURED ARTICLE
"With the current usual methods of teaching children to read, about two-thirds of young people fail to reach grade-level benchmarks."
Read: Opinion: Children will need summer tutors to make up for pandemic learning loss.
By our Academic Advisor, Dr. Katharine Pace Miles
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