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13,000 Books, 650 Students, One Powerful Year of WakeEd Partnership’s Partners Read

RALEIGH, N.C. — Last week WakeEd Partnership wrapped up another successful year of Partners Read, its community-based literacy program that connects volunteers with young Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) students for one-on-one reading support, relationship-building, and helping spark a lifelong love of reading. This school year, the Partners Read program served 65 WCPSS elementary […]

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Wake Ed Partnership’s Partners Read Program Joins Forces with The Brown Bookshelf to Inspire Young Readers

Raleigh, NC – [September 23, 2025] – WakeEd Partnership announced today a new collaboration between its Partners Read program and The Brown Bookshelf http://thebrownbookshelf.com, a nationally recognized coalition of children’s authors. Together, they will bring celebrated authors of color into Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) classrooms to share stories, spark imagination, and encourage a

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Why Grade-Level Reading Matters

Being able to read on grade-level by the third grade can change a child’s life. For five years, WakeEd Partnership’s Partners Read program has placed mentors into Wake County Public Schools to read with developing first and second grade students and has provided nearly 20,000 books to fill students’ home libraries.  In 2014, a small

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Four NC Communities Receive National Honors for Literacy Initiatives

The national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) is recognizing four North Carolina communities for measurable progress on key indicators of early school success.  Read Charlotte in Mecklenburg County; Chatham Reads in Chatham County; Growing Moore Readers of Moore County and WAKE Up and Read in Wake County reported progress in 2017 for children from low-income families toward at least one CGLR indicator: school readiness, school attendance or summer learning.

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