Literacy & Language Institute — Nonprofit
Reading accelerates learning.
We are deeply committed to provide research-based, scalable literacy and language resources to parents and educators.
The work
Working with our partners globally, delivering proven solutions to schools that don’t have reliable Internet or power.
Where we work
Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Philippines · Caraga
700 kids in 12 schools — Surigao del Sur.
85% of Filipino kids are struggling to read. We’re changing that. Donate and help fund the pilot.
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Africa · Kenya & Zambia
Helping kids read better in Africa.
Built for schools that don’t have reliable Internet or power.
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For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.
Kofi Annan · Former UN Secretary-General
Our approach
Three core alignments.
01 Pedagogy
Science of Reading
An interdisciplinary research base — not a curriculum — on how kids actually learn to read.
Cited per The Reading League’s Defining Guide.
02 Instruction
Five Pillars of Literacy
Phonemic Awareness · Phonics · Fluency · Vocabulary · Comprehension.
From the National Reading Panel’s 2000 report to U.S. Congress.
03 Policy
R.A.P.I.D.
World Bank’s framework for learning recovery and acceleration: Reach, Assess, Prioritize, Increase, Develop.