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Board adopts countywide literacy needs assessment; Children's Trust and county commit funding
Summary
The board adopted a comprehensive literacy needs assessment developed with the Children's Trust and local partners; the County Commission and Children’s Trust committed initial funding to support a hub and coordinated interventions.
The Alachua County School Board unanimously adopted a comprehensive literacy needs assessment on June 3 that catalogued community literacy programs and recommended a coordinated countywide response to reading gaps from birth through adulthood.
The report — conducted with the Children’s Trust, the Lassinger (Lassenter) Center for research and other community partners — summarizes interviews, focus groups and surveys of educators, families and district staff. Researchers reported that…
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