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Business Wire
5 days ago
- General
- Business Wire
Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 Outlines Key Strategies to Boost Third Grade Reading Scores
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help more of Arizona's youngest students develop the literacy skills they need to be proficient readers and successful in school, partners in Read On Arizona, our state's early literacy initiative, have come together to launch Arizona Literacy Plan 2030. 'Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 is a rallying cry for committing to what works," Sean Ross, Executive Director, Arizona State Board of Education Share Literacy impacts every aspect of academic achievement. Research shows that students who don't learn to read well by the end of third grade are likely to fall behind in all subject areas and much more likely to drop out. But less than half of Arizona's third graders passed the state's most recent English Language Arts assessment, which encompasses reading, language, and writing. Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 outlines the proven strategies and actions required to improve literacy outcomes for Arizona students. Read On Arizona gathered input and commitments from state and local partners to align efforts and collaborate over the next five years toward the goal of 72% of third graders at reading proficiency. 'With the right instruction and support, almost all children can learn to read proficiently,' said Read On Arizona's Terri Clark. 'Our educators are working hard to teach students to read every day, but they need support. This plan is a framework for Arizona to scale up evidence-based strategies so that all of our young learners can develop the literacy skills they need.' Scaling Up Successful Strategies Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 highlights several 'scale-to-succeed' strategies and goals, including expanding the number of literacy coaches to support educators in early grades and sustaining Arizona's K-5 Literacy Endorsement so that all new and certified early grades teachers are supported with training in the most effective literacy instructional practices. 'Evidence-based reading instruction and interventions work for all students, including English learners and students exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia,' said Sean Ross, executive director of the Arizona State Board of Education. 'Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 is a rallying cry for committing to what works. We know the direction to head, and we're all heading in that direction together.' Other key strategies outlined in the plan include increasing access to quality early learning for preschool-age children and reducing chronic absence to pre-pandemic levels. 'Attendance is critical,' said Janice Palmer, senior vice president of government affairs and public policy at Helios Education Foundation. 'We need our students in the classroom, especially in the early grades, when they're learning foundational literacy skills.' Partner Action Commitments Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 also includes commitments from a wide range of partners across the state, including state agencies, philanthropy, community partners, and more, to take specific, measurable actions over the next five years aligned with its key priorities. As part of the roll-out and implementation of the plan, Read On Arizona will look to connect with and collaborate with additional public and private sector partners in the coming months. 'The plan is the framework,' Clark said. 'Everyone has a role to play.' Arizona Literacy Plan 2030 is available on LitHubAZ, a free online resource for educators, administrators, community partners, and families to find effective ways to help students learn to read at grade level and be successful in school. About Read On Arizona Launched in 2013, Read On Arizona is our state's early literacy initiative. Partners in Read On Arizona are committed to working together to improve language and literacy outcomes for Arizona's children from birth to age 8, with strategic focus on school readiness and third grade reading proficiency. The Read On Arizona collaboration provides leadership at the state level through an advisory board consisting of representatives of founding partners — Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Community Foundation, First Things First, Helios Education Foundation, and Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust — as well as the Arizona State Board of Education, the Governor's Office and several other key education stakeholders and philanthropic organizations. Read On Arizona also supports local literacy efforts through a network of Read On Communities. Learn more at
Axios
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Help us build the ultimate marathon guide
More than 25,000 runners will dart across Nashville next weekend during the city's annual marathon. Between the lines: Expect road closures throughout the weekend. The intrigue: St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Nashville turns 25 this year. If you're participating, marathon organizers say you might see Nashville celebrities including Sheryl Crow and Terri Clark running next to you. 🙏 Tell us: Reply to this email to help us build the ultimate Nashville marathon guide.
CBC
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Canadian country music star celebrates 100 years of Grand Ole Opry
This year marks the centennial of the famed show out of Nashville, Tenn., and country musicians are reflecting on its legacy. Among them is Medicine Hat's Terri Clark, the Opry's only female Canadian member.
CBC
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
'Etched in history': Terri Clark celebrates 100 years of Grand Ole Opry as proud, proud Canadian
Social Sharing "When we got to the border, the customs officer said, 'Where are you ladies going?' and we said, 'the Grand Ole Opry.'" That's country music superstar Terri Clark describing her move to Nashville in the mid 1990s. Fast forward to 2004 and Clark is inducted into the Opry as the first Canadian female to become a member. She still stands alone in that regard. Now, Clark says, it's time to recognize 100 years of country music that honours the pioneers. A three-day celebration of the Opry's centennial starts Wednesday night in Nashville. "Standing on the Opry stage is humbling. Even to this day I get nervous, stepping out on that stage," Clark told the Calgary Eyeopener in a Wednesday interview. "I don't know that anyone gets up on the Opry stage and stands in that circle without a case of the nerves because you know the tremendous weight that it holds and the history and the people that stood there before you." Clark was born in Montreal, but raised in Medicine Hat, Alta., and she's proud of those roots. "I am going to be wearing my Canadian maple leaf lapel pin tonight to represent our country on that stage. I am a proud, proud Canadian." The performer — born Terri Lynn Sauson — said she echoes veteran country music singer/songwriter George Jones in his song Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes? "They were just country folks trying to sing country music and they paved the way for us and they did it the hard way," Clark said. "They weren't in Learjets and buses. They were sleeping in the back of cars on their way to gigs. Those are the people that we need to honour especially tonight. It is important to always remember that when you step on that stage."
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Trump has driven me to become a Canadian': Threats prompt American to apply for citizenship after 52 years in Vancouver
Terri Clark has deep American roots. She had ancestors who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower in 1620. One of her ancestors signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. 'He's the only one who put his address on,' she explains. 'Charles Carroll. Everybody said, 'Why did you put your address on?' He said, 'You know what? There are so many Carrolls in Maryland and Virginia, I want the King to know where to get my head, not anybody else's.' She still owns property in Connecticut, and votes in American elections. But she has lived in Vancouver since 1973, when she came north to marry Peter Clark, an Englishman she met in Mexico. She has been civically engaged since she arrived in Canada. For many years, she was the head of communications for the Vancouver park board. She currently runs the Kerrisdale business improvement association. Clark has never bothered to become a Canadian citizen, partly because she has such deep American roots. But U.S. President Donald Trump's taunts and threats to make Canada the 51st state have ticked her off so much that she has finally applied for Canadian citizenship, 52 years after moving to Vancouver. 'Trump has driven me to become a Canadian,' states Clark. 'The irony is, if we lose this battle, I'll be an American again. But you know what? We're not going to lose the battle. We're not going to lose it.' It sounds like a speech out of the movie classic Casablanca. She is so passionate about Canada retaining its independence from the U.S. that this week she got the Kerrisdale BIA to haul 30 Canadian flags out of storage and hang them up on the streets. 'I feel so strongly about it,' she said, while dismissing the 51st state talk as 'ridiculous.' 'He's after our minerals. He's after our access to the Arctic. He's after our water. I've said right from the start that's what he's after.' She has submitted the forms to become a Canadian citizen and hopes she meets the grade for citizenship. But she also plans to stay an American citizen. 'I'm not denouncing my U.S. citizenship. I file income tax every year,' she said. 'But my loyalty is to Canada, and I will treasure the right to vote.' Clark was born in Danbury, Connecticut, and grew up in Patterson, New York, whose claim to fame was it was home to actors Robert Montgomery and his daughter Elizabeth (of the TV show Bewitched). Clark went to American University in Washington, D.C. 'I really wanted to go into diplomacy,' she relates. 'But we found out really early on that they didn't really want women in diplomacy at that point.' So she switched to communications. On a photography trip to Mexico, she got access inside Santa Prisca Cathedral in Taxco, where she met her future husband. 'This really good-looking guy and good-looking woman come to the door (of the cathedral),' she said. 'They're standing at a sign that says, in Spanish, 'Your women have to cover their heads.' So we yelled over, 'That just means that your wife has to cover her head.' And he said, 'This isn't my wife.' 'We all said, 'Well, hello.' Anyway, long story short, I married that guy. He was English, living in Canada.' She applied to come to Canada to join him, but was rejected before her father ('a small-time politician in New York') phoned Jacob Javits, the senator from New York, and got her in. She came to Vancouver on her 23rd birthday on March 30, 1973. She hopes to celebrate her 75th birthday as a Canadian citizen, but it will probably take a few months longer. jmackie@
