Cumberland Times News- Kristin Harty Barkley
“Founded by the former first lady, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy strives to break a cycle of intergenerational illiteracy by helping communities teach that “the home is the child’s first school, that the parent is the child’s first teacher, and that reading is the child’s first subject,” its website says. It has awarded more than $40 million in grants to support programs in communities across the country” (more)