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Read to Succeed Press Conference
From Press Conference July 23, 2010 with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and United Way of Metropolitan Nashville Education focus area: For the second consecutive year, more than 98% of participants in United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Read to Succeed program enter kindergarten with the basic reading skills needed to make a successful scholastic start, Margaret Dolan, United Way’s Board Chair-elect, announced. Of third grade students enrolled in Metro schools, who participated in the Read to Succeed program, 75% tested ‘proficient or advanced’ in reading and language at the end of the most recently reported school year, with 66% scoring better than their peers. Dolan emphasized that children who begin kindergarten without basic reading skills are three to four times more likely to drop out before they graduate. Link to News Release: www.unitedwaynashville.org/news/story/united-ways-read-to... Photo: Leslee Mitchell Photography
