Literacy

The Cobb Collaborative is engaging all stakeholders in a community-wide reading initiative that unites families, educators and community partners to improve literacy in children. As one of many solutions to improving outcomes for children and families, proficient literacy and language skills have been proven to directly influence the opportunities and successes of their lives.

Students who have not mastered reading by 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school, leading to diminished employment opportunities, poorer physical and behavioral health and lower levels of civic engagement.

Cobb Collaborative is the local point of contact for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, a state-wide effort to have all children reading proficiently. Using the research of the 4-pillar framework, we bring programs, activities and services to our community and engage all child-facing adults to help promote literacy and language development.

The Cobb Collaborative is proud to be an inaugural partner in the Literacy & Justice for All (LJFA) movement in Marietta. This city-wide collaboration began in order to bring the Science of Reading to every child. Specifically designed to serve as a national model, LJFA includes everyone in a child's life to address literacy inequities.

One of the most successful ways to improve the reading achievement of children is to increase access to books, especially at home. The Cobb Collaborative works to accomplish this through the installation and upkeep of Little Free Libraries in our community. These book-sharing boxes remove barriers to book access by being available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day with free accessibility.