David Bruton Jr. – Bruton’s Books
The Mission of the David Bruton Jr. Foundation and Bruton’s Books is to help low-income children in grades K-3 become strong readers through tutoring and by providing books to underfunded schools, libraries, and classrooms.
Bruton’s Books is partnered with the Colorado Reading Corps, a strategic program of Mile High United Way ’s School Readiness Initiative.
Low-income students’ reading achievement significantly trails that of their more affluent peers: 83 percent of all low-income fourth graders score below proficient compared to 67 percent of all fourth grade children. Half of all fourth graders from low-income families score below the “basic” reading level compared to one-third of all fourth graders. For children of color from low-income families, the reading gap is even greater.*
The goal of the program is to ensure that all children are competent readers by the end of third grade.
Learn more or get involved at brutonsbooks.org.
*Annie E. Casey Foundation, EARLY WARNING! Why Reading By The End of Third Grade Matters, (Baltimore: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010).
