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Teach For America presenters urge Tulsa leaders to act on low third-grade literacy, cite 26% on grade level
Summary
At the Jan. 2025 Tulsa Human Rights Commission meeting, Teach For America representatives and local partners warned that only about 26% of Tulsa County third-graders were reading on grade level at the end of 2023 and urged volunteer mobilization, better implementation of state literacy policies and community action to support reading.
At the Jan. 2025 meeting of the Tulsa Human Rights Commission, Teach For America officials and local partners urged commissioners and community leaders to treat third-grade literacy as a civic priority, saying only about 26% of Tulsa County third-graders were reading on grade level at the end of 2023.
The presenters said low literacy has broad implications for civic engagement, public safety and economic mobility and urged action at the community level. "I have a bit of a fear that we have become numb as a community to the status quo," said Amber Masters, vice president of leadership partnerships at Teach For America.
Masters and Human Rights Commissioner Crystal Tyler-Bar (identified in the meeting…
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