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Reading Allowed October Book List

Fall Mixed Up by Bob Raczka (Grades K-3) This title, featuring a young boy and his canine companion, offers a funny, wacky take on familiar fall activities. Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun by Bruce

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September 2022 Newsletter – Back to School Edition

DONATE  A Message from Reading Allowed’sExecutive Director    Catch them before they fail –“if someone had intervened, I wouldn’t have gone to jail.”  Reading Allowed will be three years old this September and this is the third time

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August 2022 Newsletter

DONATE  A Message from Our Executive Director    The consequences of poor literacy skills are devastating and yet we know how to prevent them   75% of state incarcerated adults can be classified as low literate.   It

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July 2022 Newsletter

  DONATE   A Message from Our Executive Director    Let’s All Make a Difference Every Month!  I had no idea that July is such a busy hashtag holiday month. It’s National Mango and Melon Month, National Deli

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June 2022 Newsletter

DONATE  A Message from Our Executive Director    On Providing High-Quality, Structured Reading Instruction:“It’s Not Brain Surgery”  Our doctors are up to date with the latest research when we’re sick, why can’t we assume that our schools are

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Reading Allowed Featured on 6ABC Action News

Reading Allowed was recently highlighted on local Philadelphia news station Channel 6/WPVI TV. During a visit to Visitation BVM Catholic School in Kensington, our tutor, Colette McElwee, and fourth-grade student, Aniya Robinson, discussed why the work of Reading Allowed is

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May 2022 Newsletter

 Coming Soon: “Reading is a Social Justice Issue” Speaker Series DONATE  The Reading Allowed “Reading is a Social Justice Issue” Speaker Series will kick off this fall, featuring Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center and

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April 2022 Newsletter

 Thank you William Penn Foundation DONATE  The William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that increase educational opportunities for

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