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Children's Reading Alliance pitches parent-focused literacy classes to LCPS board

Board of Education, Las Cruces Public Schools · February 18, 2025
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Summary

The Children's Reading Alliance described a parent training program (First Teacher Primer/Maestro) that the organization says increases home literacy behaviors; CRA told the board it plans to scale classes with LCPS early-childhood partners.

Representatives of the Children's Reading Alliance (CRA) told the school board on Feb. 18 that their First Teacher Primer ("Maestro") program empowers parents to be early literacy coaches and yields measurable increases in home reading behaviors.

"If a child can learn eight rhymes before they start school, they are far more likely to be reading at grade level by third…

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