Our Initiatives

Read Charlotte is a capacity-building intermediary that supports local partners to apply evidence-based knowledge about effective reading instruction and interventions, high-quality execution, continuous improvement, and data analysis to improve reading outcomes. Our work is grounded in the latest reading science. Our focus areas of work are anchored on supporting the literacy goals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ five-year (2024-2029) plan. Read on to learn more about our strategic early reading initiatives.

Community Children’s Reading Initiative | Read Charlotte

Active Reading

Active Reading, the evidence-informed practice of reading with children, rather than to them, can be used to boost vocabulary and comprehension skills.

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Community Read-Aloud Model

The Community Read-Aloud Model, which was developed by Read Charlotte in 2024, was designed to empower more community-based organizations to provide high-quality read-alouds in their programs, as the practice is one of the most powerful strategies to help children build comprehension skills.

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Listening Comprehension Resource Center

The Listening Comprehension Resource Center, a first-of-its-kind website featuring curated listening comprehension resources for educators to use in classroom settings, was developed to help increase the level and quality of efforts focused on building this important literacy skill.

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Queen City Readers

Queen City Readers

Queen City Readers, a kindergarten tutoring curriculum that helps build basic word reading skills, was designed to be turnkey and to have the potential for great reach.

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Read Together

The Read Together initiative is built around the simple yet powerful practice of an adult and a child reading together, which is a proven strategy to build children’s language, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

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