For students who cannot read, all school subjects can prove difficult, and they often just give up. However, the American Bible Society and Salvation Army have joined forces in a campaign called Mission: Literacy, and participating at-risk elementary students in three New Jersey cities are excelling instead of quitting. While improving their reading and literacy skills, students’ lives also are being enriched.<\/p>\n
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According to Developmental Reading Assessment statistics, 89 percent of participating students increased by seven reading levels; 79 percent increased their percentage of actual words read. Tutors engage children through games, character discussions, and vocabulary building activities based on the Bible Society’s illustrated texts.<\/p>\n
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Thomas Durakis, director for publishing services at American Bible Society’s Bibles.org, said they are extremely pleased with the results and that exposure to God’s Word will have a positive impact on their lives beyond the classroom. The program was piloted in 2006 to evaluate the effectiveness of Scripture-based curriculum and individualized instruction; it has done so well that a 10-year agreement has been signed between the two organizations to launch the program nationwide.<\/p>\n
For students who cannot read, all school subjects can prove difficult, and they often just give up. However, the American Bible Society and Salvation Army have joined forces in a campaign called Mission: Literacy, and participating at-risk elementary students in three New Jersey cities are excelling instead of quitting. While improving their reading and literacy skills, students’ … Continue reading “Mission: Literacy Gets ‘A+’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}