BRiLLiANT Book Clubs aims to assist and support schools and teachers in their efforts to address the alarming rates of illiteracy present in our nation’s youth, by organizing and equipping community members to mentor elementary students during weekly lunchtime book clubs. It is our hope that students exceed their grade requirements for literacy, and that BBC and its volunteers make a significant impact on local, and then national, school drop-out rates, crime, and poverty.
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THE ALARMING STATISTICS:Our State
65% of 4th graders are not proficient in reading in Oklahoma
Our Schools
Our Future
1. (Hernandez, D. J. (2011). Double Jeopardy: How poverty and third grade reading skills influence high school graduation. New York: Annie E Casey Foundation.
2. (John M. Bridgeland, J. J. (2006). The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts. Washington D.C.: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.) 3. (Sum, Khatiwada, & McLaughlin, (2009). The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School. Boston: Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies |
BRiLLiANT Book Clubs Promotional Video
By Mark Nehrenz of OKC GOOD |
BRiLLiANT Book Clubs provides an avenue for individuals, businesses, and churches to make a difference in neighboring schools without having to utilize staff to create and implement similar programming. With BBC, fighting illiteracy is easy—the battle takes place during a standard lunch break and we provide the weapons! It’s BRiLLiANT! For less than an hour a week, any individual, business, or church member can pour into the life of a student by signing up for a lunchtime group.
Let's join together to help show these kids they, too, can be BRiLLiANT! |
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