Mission
Our sole objective at Urban Education Exchange is to eliminate the achievement gap in reading. We support our network of urban educators with a precise, proven methodology for teaching reading comprehension – ensuring that urban students have the necessary literacy skills to compete and succeed in life.
The Need
The widely acknowledged achievement gap that separates low-income urban students from their more affluent peers is simply not acceptable. UEE is passionate about teaching students to read, as America’s public education system is failing low-income urban students.
Reading is the bedrock skill for future academic and professional success. UEE focuses on grades K - 6, because differences in early opportunities become magnified over time, and less-skilled children find their experiences in school unrewarding, avoid reading, and their skills consequently fall precipitously behind.
Reform requires bold and innovative solutions like UEE.