3-year Strategic Plan Alignment with our Operating Annual Plan

Read Better Be Better (RBBB) was founded by Sophie Allen-Etchart in 2014 in Phoenix as a response to Arizona’s literacy crisis. The state is ranked 45th in the nation for childhood literacy and 48th for PreK-12th education. Currently, 66% of 3rd graders from families of low-income in Arizona do not read at grade level and often are unable to make the necessary transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” by 4th grade. Students who do not read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade are four times for likely to graduate from high school. But with proper reading intervention, there is an 89% chance that students who can read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade will graduate from high school, irrespective of socio-economic status. RBBB’s mission is to connect young readers and youth leaders to inspire a love of literacy and learning in order to create a society in which all children master the foundational skills necessary to become independent learners. Read Better Be Better inspires and equips middle school youth leaders to help third-grade students with reading comprehension. The program uses an evidence-based curriculum that empowers both students.

Civic Engagement

Child & Teenage Education

Low-Income Communities

Youth Development