The Border Initiative: (sample text)

"Reading is the foundation of all learning. Our children must learn to read well if they're to excel in life and achieve their dreams. The The Border Initiative is helping to ensure a brighter future for all the children in the North West."
- Former US Secretary of Education Rod Paige

The Border Initiative's statewide reading initiative that prioritizes reading in Florida's public schools and among all the community groups and volunteer organizations that support them. Just Read, Florida! is based on the latest reading research that includes emphasis on phonemic awareness (knowing that words are made up of sounds), phonics (the link between sounds and letters), vocabulary (what words mean and how to say them), fluency (the ability to read words accurately and quickly), and comprehension (the ability to understand what you read).

Charged with establishing reading as a core value in this state, The Border Initiative was launched in 2001 with the unequivocal goal of every child being able to read at or above grade level by the year 2012. With that goal in mind, Just Read, Florida! focuses on three main components: etc.