
Thanks to Lindsay Bacher from the YWCA Midtown Early Childhood Education Center for sending this great site picture. The letters on the stairs were inspired by this video. I think it's a pretty cool way to keep students immersed and thinking about words all day...

The MRC is in the news again. The MRC and New Ulm members, Robert Young, Cindy Alfred, Benjamin Hamborg and Tanya Crawford were featured last week in the New Ulm Journal...

I’ve been using the MRC blog to spotlight the great efforts that MRC members have made in the community. A lot is going on in the classrooms and at outside service events, and people love reading about what you're doing. H...

Minnesota Reading Corps Our photos section is so empty - send us some pictures so we can show off!

I like music. I like books. I like helping others. I also like it when I find something that has to do with all three at once...

An editorial in the Star Tribune from earlier this month features a handful of Minnesota senators and lobbyists that pushed for literacy education requirements for teacher certification...

Little red bookshelves are popping up all over Minnesota with the help of members of the MRC.Members in the North Central and North East regions are sponsoring BRBs – specifically, Bright Red Bookshelves with Project READ through the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and Big Red Bookshelves t...

Paul Duncan and his team of MRC runners participated in the Tesfa Foundation Run for the Kids 5k on Saturday. Paul, Sara Spaulding, Lindsay Bacher and Heather Albrecht repped the MRC and are planning on organizing an MRC Run for Reading in the Spring....

I'll let this speak for itself:Calling all runners!MRC Member Paul Duncan is organizing a Minnesota Reading Corps team to take part in the Tesfa Run for the Kids 5k on Saturday November 7th...

Earlier this week, Minnesota was dubbed the number one state in the nation for civic engagement. The ranking was based off of voter turnout rate and volunteerism among other factors...

Way back in October, The MRC participated in something called Read for the Record. I'm sure you've never heard of it. It's this event where people gather up students in schools and read the same book all over the country. It really didn't go over that well...

I’ve been practicing my vocab recently. Thanks to a site called freerice.com, I can quiz myself on new vocabulary while watching TV. It shows you a word, ideally one you’ve never seen before, and you have to choose the right definition. Th...

Last Saturday, members of the MRC participated in a service project with Books for Africa. MRC members worked in two shifts to sort as many books as possible so they could be packed up and sent to schools in Africa. The books are being sent in the effort to end Africa’s book famine. ...









