Cooperative for Education

Cooperative for Education: $15,000 as the second installment of a three-year grant expanding delivery of its Culture of Reading Program (CORP) to indigenous populations in the Guatemalan highlands. Elementary level schoolteachers are trained to incorporate effective reading education into first grade classrooms. Participating educators are taught appropriate teaching techniques, and also receive locally sourced storybooks, access to an ongoing peer support network, and resources to acquire additional classroom reading materials. This training will be used over the arc of their careers, enabling them to impart quality reading education to an entire generation of schoolchildren.