R.E.A.L. Men Read – APS Today

R.E.A.L. Men Read volunteers break out their first book

talkupaps17 Nov 20100

UPDATE: Check out the photo gallery here. Check out D.H. Stanton Elementary report here. More than 200 men fanned out across Atlanta this morning to participate in the inaugural reading day of the R.E.A.L. Men Read initiative. This six-month program is part of Atlanta Public Schools’ overall effort to foster the transition from “learning to […]

R.E.A.L. Men Read literacy project targets APS second-graders

talkupaps12 Nov 20101

More than 180 male volunteers will fan out among Atlanta Public Schools’ 4,000 second-graders to help boost literacy through the R.E.A.L. Men Read program. Started in Chicago’s public school system and then to Houston, R.E.A.L. (“read, excel, achieve, lead”) Men Read hopes to solve two ongoing concerns: the lack of visible male role models who […]