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Research Triangle Schools Partnership

The Research Triangle Schools Partnership (RTSP) is a collaboration of the School of Education and four neighboring school districts: Chatham County, Durham Public, Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools. The partnership is dedicated to improving schools and enhancing learning opportunities for all children. RTSP engages pre-K-12 public school faculty and administrators, parents, university faculty, staff and students in a wide variety of collaborative activities, such as student transition programs, teacher discussion circles and parent engagement activities.

Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) supports campus-based literacy programs throughout the United States. SCALE provides technical assistance to literacy programs through on-site training and resources. In addition, SCALE annually hosts a national conference for college literacy programs and their community partners, building a network among their leaders. Other SCALE activities include the N.C. LiteracyCorps Project which placess AmeriCorps members in literacy programs, the America Reads program which places college student tutors with elementary school children and the Collaborative Leadership for Community Literacy Project which develops the leadership skills of those supervising N.C. LiteracyCorps members.