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= Welcome to Austin Area School District's = = Keystone to Opportunity Wiki! = = Austin Area School District Receives a $276,000 Striving Reader's Grant. = = =

=The Keystones to Opportunity-Striving Reader's Grant is a birth to 12th grade literacy project designed around three Keystones . = = =

 Keystone 1  is to improve literacy learning outcomes to increase reading achievement of students in danger of academic failure.



=  Keystone 2  is to create a culture of data-driven decision-making and use this to guide instruction. =



=  Keystone 3  is to infuse digital technology, providing teachers with examples of how technology tools can provide multiple pathways to express and represent information as well as creative options for developing literacy persistence, stamina, and motivation. =

===One of the most important goals of the grant funding is to create 21st century literacy environments where children can acquire the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills they need to succeed academically. === === Also, the grant seeks to encourage the innovation and implementation of research-based reading strategies that will produce exceptional reading growth in our students. === === Grant dollars will provide much needed materials, equipment, professional development and technology to deliver a variety of rich reading resources to our children. ===