Across the nation and right here in Georgia, educators are working to address lingering learning gaps that predate the pandemic. Those literacy gaps are especially concerning among Atlanta’s Black and Brown students. According to a 2024 report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 21% of local Black third graders and 34% of local Latino third graders read at a proficient level.
For the February installment of “Coffee Conversations,” the “Closer Look” team returned to The Ke’nekt Cooperative in the Westview neighborhood. Show host Rose Scott talked with guests about efforts to close Georgia’s reading gap through community-based literacy programs. Selected guests also read from their favorite children’s books.
Guests include:
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