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The Vision
The Reading by 9 vision is that 95% of all children in Southern California will read in English at grade level by age nine.

A big job? Certainly. But the Los Angeles Times believes it is a job that must be done and has commited resources and staff to Reading by 9 to help it succeed.

No skill is more critical to the future of a child, or to a democratic and prosperous society, than literacy. It is the foundation for learning across all subjects.

Here are some of the actions underway.
The Los Angeles Times
publishes the Kids' Reading Room page six days a week featuring interactive reading activities for children and parents;
encourages employees during the workday to tutor and read aloud to children in the paper's partner schools;
provides millions of dollars of free advertising space for public awareness campaigns;
publishes reviews of children's books monthly in Sunday Book Review;
offers children and parents opportunities at two annual events, Festival of Books and KidCity, to become acquainted with new children's books, meet their authors and hear from literacy experts.



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