Significant milestones in our community

Our community has made major strides in systems change in recent years, creating a stronger early literacy ecosystem and bringing us closer to realizing our goal.

CMS adopted a high-quality literacy curriculum (EL Education) districtwide in fall 2019.

CMS is in the first cohort of North Carolina school districts whose teachers receive LETRS literacy professional development, starting in 2021.

More than 5,900 children are attending public Pre-K in Mecklenburg County.

Doctors are prescribing language and books during well-child visits for more than 35,600 children in Mecklenburg County through Reach Out and Read.

More than 30,000 Mecklenburg County children between the ages of 0 and 5 are receiving monthly books through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.