Parents empowering parents to advocate for their children on their journey to literacy.
What We Do
Educate and inform parents what a struggling reader or dyslexic student looks like
Connect parents with a database of qualified tutors and resources
Support parents and children coping with reading failure
Actively engage in literacy reform— at the legislative level—to promote equity in education across the equality state.
Children who are behind in reading do not magically catch up. They require early identification and effective intervention. Schools must implement curricula and teaching practices supported by research from educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Decades of research has shown the most effective ways to teach all kids to read. Classroom instruction must reflect that knowledge.
Nationally, only 34% of our students can read proficiently in the 4th grade, leaving 66% below grade level. In Wyoming we do only slightly better. Only 41% of Wyoming students read at grade level by 4th grade. The percentage of students reading at grade level does not improve between 4th and 10th grades. That leaves over half our kids staggeringly below their potential. We can do better as a nation, and state, for every aspiring reader.
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Whether you have a kindergartner or high schooler, a student enrolled in public or private school, we’re here to support any parent discovering a path toward empowered action-- lifting all Wyoming readers to new heights.
"Children who are read to until the cow jumps over the moon can still have difficulty becoming readers."
- Dr. Mark Seidenberg
Can PoWR help you and your child?
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