CLP empowers communities with the tools to help every child become a confident reader.
We serve with humility, lead with evidence, and believe in the power of communities to transform children’s lives through literacy.
We produce world class media to help you inspire volunteers, raise money and expand your impact.
Literacy is a way to love our neighbors, empowering lives through knowledge, hope, and connection.
Learn what it means to be a Reading Buddy and explore how you or your group can help.
Add your literacy organization to our national database
Our goal is to connect literacy organizations with funding, volunteers, and tools to help them grow.
SENTENCED partners with Stephen and Ayesha Curry to share a powerful look at the childhood illiteracy crisis.
Our films and books reveal the literacy crisis and the pathways to hope.
READ inspires neighborly love through literacy.
A School Transformation Masterclass
View our gallery of short, informative films.
Ron Fairchild, President of the Smarter Learning Group, discusses strategies to disrupt generational poverty through early childhood education.
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When churches lead with literacy, whole communities are changed.
A ready-to-use kit to help you lead the way at your church.
How God's People Can Bring Justice Through Literacy
Every organization who wants to be a literacy-partner needs a Literacy Champion. Resources here.
Five key practices: let schools lead, be generous, have strong leadership, know the community, seek wisdom.
Foster successful school partnerships through clear communication, teamwork, active listening, and relational trust-building.
Empowering literacy through mentorship, humility, collaboration, and a commitment to serve without agenda.
If you can spare time and read above a fourth-grade level, become a reading buddy today—kids are waiting.
Expand your volunteer base creatively: grandparents, stay-at-home parents, teenagers, and swing-shift workers.
Collaborate effectively with schools: define purpose, unify mission, involve community, clarify roles, communicate, and be flexible.
Choose a school partner by assessing community needs, collaborating with literacy organizations, and serving flexibly.
Express gratitude to school partners through social media, stories, thank-you notes, and thoughtful celebrations.
Support schools through literacy mentoring, handwritten notes, work parties, book giveaways, and celebrations.
