Evidence shows that the Family Literacy Project (FLiP) helps at-risk, struggling readers avoid the “Summer Slide” and return to school, in the Fall, one full year ahead of expectation!

The Pinellas County Urban League has announced that Carlo Franzblau, Co-Founder and Board Chair of Sing Out and READ, has been selected to receive the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Leadership Award.

It was an evening of stories and song, of community teamwork and tales of children who made heartwarming and astounding reading gains in a short period of time. View photos from the night of the event here!

Sing Out and READ (SOAR), the St. Petersburg Midtown Rotary Club, and Eckerd Connects joined together to celebrate the achievement of elementary children who completed the 12-week reading program Family Literacy Project (FLiP).

With the closing of schools, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many of the injustices facing school children across the country, from inadequate internet access to housing instability to food insecurity.

The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic.

The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic.

Impact Catalyst interviews Beth and Carlo Franzblau, Co-Founders of Sing Out and Read.

While the education response to the COVID-19 pandemic has varied widely, teachers agree on the high cost of remote learning, especially for vulnerable students.

COVID-19 presents immediate decision making challenges for schools and districts that rely on annual data collection to monitor student progress and performance.

At P.S. 105 in the Bronx, teachers tackle literacy instruction in new ways amid coronavirus restrictions.

Sing Out and READ is closing the reading gap in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and the Bay Area one student (and one song) at a time.

Webinar: Sing Out and READ Progress during COVID

Sing Out and READ Community Partners including the Pinellas County Urban League, St. Pete Housing Authority, and Suncoast Youth have drafted letters of support for our organization.

The pandemic has set back learning for all students, but especially for students of color. Evidence-based acceleration approaches can help.

Reporter Trevor Pettiford examines how Sing Out and READ's home-based program tablets are helping at-risk kids rapidly build reading proficiency.

Sing Out and READ’s method of boosting the reading levels of at-risk kids is substantially more cost-effective than the accepted norm.

In this interview Ann C. Kay, co-founder and Educational Coordinator of the Rock ‘n’ Read Project, gives us an engaging and informative look at the topic of the impact of music on reading fluency and prosody.

In a major shift, the controversial figure in the fight over how to teach reading now says that beginning readers should focus on sounding out words.

Sing Out and READ is very excited to announce that the Tampa Bay Recruiter Networking Group (RNG) has joined forces with our Family Literacy Project (FLiP) to help at-risk kids become proficient readers.