 | As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often.
Laura Bush
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The Office of Reading supports school districts and schools in implementing proven scientifically based methods of reading instruction in order to prevent reading difficulties.
The Federal Reading First program asserts that students who do not learn to read easily benefit from particular strategies, materials, and approaches that have documented evidence of effectiveness for this population. Reading First schools target struggling K-3 readers from specific high-risk student subgroups.
In addition to the federal Reading First Grant Program, the Office of Reading funds three other literacy initiatives: The Secondary School Reading Grant Program (SSR), the John Silber Early Reading Initiative (JSER), and the Early Literacy Intervention Grant (ELI).
Message from Commissioner David P. Driscoll
Massachusetts PreK-12 Literacy Plan: Report and Recommendations of the Literacy Task Force
Upcoming Events:
| Date | Grant | Event | Location |
| 5/28/08 | RF | LETRS: Module 9 | Courtyard by Marriott, Marlborough |
| 6/4/08 | RF | End-Of-Year Celebration | Best Western, Marlborough |
| 7/14-7/16 | RF/JS | LETRS-Foundations Training for 2008-2009 RF/JS Coaches | Hoagland-Pincus, Shrewsbury |
| 7/28 – 7/30 | RF | National Reading First Conference | Nashville, TN |
| 8/12 | RF | Massachusetts Reading First Conference Literacy, Language and Looking Ahead | Sturbridge Host, Sturbridge |
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  Reading First Calendar 2007-2008 – updated 5-1-08
Massachusetts Reading First Conference Literacy, Language and Looking Ahead
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