Read Better Be Better

Read Better Be Better is proud and grateful to have been part of this incredible effort for Educator Appreciation Week! Educators mean so much to our team and our communities, and we love any opportunity to support them 🩵📚

Valley volunteers pack 15,000 'Love Boxes' for educators ahead of Teacher Appreciation Week Eight nonprofits teamed up to fill boxes with classroom supplies, self-care items and handwritten notes for school staff across Maricopa County.

Read Better Be Better students on 12News! 🥳🤩

Valley nonprofit promotes literacy through after-school programs, student leadership initiatives Read Better Be Better, a non-profit based here in Phoenix, works to increase reading and comprehension skills in students across the state.

If you know a dual-language elementary educator, please share this opportunity with them! 🤩

Applications for 2026 Read Conmigo Educator Grants are now being accepted!

Educators in public and charter elementary schools in select counties in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, and Texas can receive $3,000 for classroom resources and/or professional development.

Take advantage of this opportunity and apply today: https://ow.ly/9N2L50YSswO

The Town of Paradise Valley Women's Association shows some of the many ways that partnership is possible with Read Better Be Better! 🙌

This year, TPVWA members raised nearly $10,000 and collected more than 300 books to support Arizona's students! Thank you so much to the women of TPVWA! Your generosity helps us provide our literacy and leadership programming to K-12 students across Arizona, at no cost to them or their families! 🩵🥳

We're starting a new campaign to highlight changemakers in our community, and who better to kick off with on this final day of Educator Appreciation Week than Carson Jr. High teacher Jennifer Dwosh! 🎉

Thank you ElevateEd AZ for highlighting two amazing students and partnerships, including Vianey Rodriguez and Read Better Be Better! 🩵📚🎉

Vianey is a high school student who has been a participant in our Pathway to Education Professions program, our Pathway to Civic Leadership program, and our inaugural Youth Leadership Council cohort. We are so impressed by the thoughtfulness and dedication she has brought to these programs, and we are so proud of these programs and the opportunities they provide students to prepare for their future careers! Congratulations, Vianey! 🎓

ElevateEdAZ Internship Experience 2026: Student Stories Celebrate the ElevateEdAZ student interns of 2026 as they share their experiences and where they are headed next. Keep in touch with ElevateEdAZ on social me...

Welcome back to RBBB 101! 📙🌼 This week we're sharing our final lesson of Module 2: The Changemaker Continuum in Action!

In our last lesson, we learned how Read Better Be Better's continuum of programs supports K-12 students throughout their educational journeys and beyond. What do we mean by "beyond," you ask? Meet Amelia, an alum of our high school Pathway to Education Professions program. She is now an Art Education major at ASU!

Our Pathway to Education Professions program prepares students for careers in education through hands-on classroom experience. Pursuing careers as educators is one of the ways that Read Better Be Better almuni engage after their K-12 years in making Arizona's education system better for all students! Happy (future) Educator Appreciation Week, Amelia! 🩵🎉

Follow along every week for all things RBBB!

Read Better Be Better is honored to be selected as a 2026 Community Impact Grant recipient by OneAZ Credit Union and the OneAZ Community Foundation, receiving a $7,500 award in celebration of OneAZ’s 75th anniversary of serving Arizonans.💜

Since 2016, the OneAZ Community Foundation has provided more than $3.5 million in funding to nonprofits working to strengthen communities across Arizona. 🌵

This year, $360,000 in Community Impact Grants were distributed to 48 local nonprofits—thanks to OneAZ members who support their communities with every swipe. Each purchase contributes one penny to the OneAZ Community Foundation to help fund grants like ours.

This generous support allows Read Better Be Better to continue making an impact through our mission to equip youth with the skills to read and lead. 🤝

"Read Better Be Better really helped me figure out if I wanted to work with kids or if I wanted to be a teacher. It helped with my communication [skills] and my managing of my time." - Natalia Ramirez, Pathway to Education Professions program participant

Yesterday, we got to witness an incredible display of joy and pride at the ElevateEd AZ Annual Celebration. One of our Pathway to Education Professions program participants, Natalia Ramirez, was highlighted on the student panel, and Read Better Be Better was recognized as a 2025-26 business partner!

ElevateEd AZ coaches at high schools across the Valley have helped connect students with our Pathway to Education Professions program, where high school students engage in hands-on classroom experience to prepare them for future careers in the education field.

Thank you for this incredible partnership, and congratulations to Natalia and all of our program participants! 🩵🎉

¡Univision Arizona cubrió la colaboración entre Read Better Be Better y Peter Piper Pizza! 🥳 Vea las noticias en la enlace.

Gracias a Univision Arizona por compartir sobre nuestros programas y por promover al acceso de la lectura para los estudiantes de Arizona.

Y gracias a Carson Jr. High y Mesa Public Schools por darnos la bienvenida 🩵📚

Iniciativa para combatir la crisis de lectura y comprensión: Así ayudan los grandes a los chicos Más del 60% de los estudiantes de tercer grado en Arizona lee por debajo del nivel esperado, una situación que impacta su aprendizaje. Ante esto, organizaciones locales impulsan un programa de mentoría en nueve distritos, donde alumnos mayores apoyan a los más pequeños. La iniciativa ha mostrad...