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
Learn why mentoring is such a powerful practice for life change.
Mentoring is for everyone: grandparents, parents, teens, and workers with time to inspire young readers.
Teaching a child to read impacts families, schools, communities, and generations—creating lasting change for all.
Literacy mentoring empowers communities, costs little, and leverages existing resources for measurable, life-changing impact.
Illiteracy impacts millions, leading to high dropout rates, incarceration, poverty, and diminished life opportunities.
Early literacy is vital: children who don't read by third grade face lifelong challenges and lost potential.
