School districts are the primary vehicle to drive change for early learners and improve early literacy outcomes across a community. School district officials, take the self-assessment below to reflect on where your district is on the journey to establish the conditions for early learning success. This tool will help you identify where you may need to focus in order to start or accelerate an early learning transformation. Then, review the rest of the resources below.

For Texas school districts, House Bill 3 brings with it new funding and expanded requirements for early learning. Review the resources below to help you get up to speed and to connect to HB3 implementation support across a variety of topics.

Philanthropic foundations, the business community, and individual donors have played a key role in Dallas ISD’s sustained progress to date. Private funding can catalyze action on early learning, add accountability, and guide public dollars toward initiatives most likely to improve outcomes for students. Funders, review the resources below to learn more about the crucial role you can play to improve early literacy outcomes for your community.

Policymakers play a key role in ensuring early learning efforts have the sustained funding, accountability, and emphasis they need to rewrite the early literacy story for a community. Review the resources below to learn more about the key role policy played in Dallas ISD’s journey and how those policies can be replicated.

Collective impact organizations can amplify the impact of efforts to improve early literacy, rally support for early learning, and more. Review the resources below to see how you can connect the dots with other organizations to rewrite early literacy outcomes in your community.