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Ohio Receives $35
Million Literacy Grant
To build on ongoing work to improve the language and literacy
development of our state’s children, Ohio was awarded a $35 million
Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant from the U.S. Department
of Education.
“Reading is the foundational skill that supports all learning,” said
Paolo DeMaria, superintendent of public instruction. “Ohio is committed
to improving outcomes for our most vulnerable children, and this grant
gives us an important boost in those efforts.”
“I’m pleased to see that Ohio will now have additional resources to
help improve the literacy outcomes for disadvantaged students,” said
U.S. Senator Rob Portman. “This grant will help ensure that these
students are given an opportunity to learn and excel that will
ultimately lead to them fulfilling their God-given potential.”
“By working to increase literacy and improve Ohio students’ reading and
writing skills, we can create lifelong learners,” said U.S. Senator
Sherrod Brown. “Investing in Ohio students gives them an upper hand as
they prepare for the next phase of their education and beyond.”
Approximately 95 percent of the $35 million award will be distributed
directly to local schools or early childhood providers to improve
literacy outcomes for children from birth through grade 12. The
three-year grant will focus on serving the greatest numbers of students
living in poverty, students with disabilities, English learners and
students identified as having a reading disability.
The grant builds on Ohio’s commitment to ensuring all students have the
reading skills needed to succeed in their education and life. The
Department recently worked with Ohio educators to update and refine
Ohio’s English language arts learning standards. In addition, the Third
Grade Reading Guarantee aims to ensure that all students are reading at
grade level by the end of third grade. Through this initiative, schools
diagnose reading issues, create individualized Reading Improvement and
Monitoring Plans, and provide intensive reading interventions. In 2017,
even with the more rigorous expectations for promotion, 93.9 percent of
students met the Third Grade Reading Guarantee promotion score, up from
93.4 percent last year.
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