Mission:

Created by Governor Jim Hodges in 1999, the Governor's Institute of Reading is a collaborative effort to mobilize education, business and community resources to ensure all children in South Carolina learn to read well and independently by the end of the third grade.  The Institute exists through funding from the General Assembly and the support of the State Department of Education and has three major purposes:

• To review the best practices in the teaching of reading;

• To provide teachers with professional development and support for implementing best practices in the teaching of reading; and

• To award competitive grants to school districts for designing and providing a comprehensive approach to reading instruction based on best practices. 

In December 1999, the Governor's Institute of Reading continued to focus on its overall objectives by holding the first South Carolina Reading Summit, an innovative forum for reviewing best practices in the teaching of reading.  Based on input from the summit and the Governor's Institute of Reading Task Force, the Governor's Institute of Reading created the South Carolina Reading Initiative. 

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