We owe you an update—and a sincere thank you.

Over the past six months, All District Reads has been doing some deep work. Not the kind that shows up quickly in newsletters, but the kind that requires listening, rethinking, and rebuilding so that what we offer truly serves today’s school systems.

If you’ve noticed our quiet, it wasn’t distance. It was intention.

Because of you—all of you who have helped build All District Reads over the years—we reached a moment where growth required reinvention.

We owe you an update—and a sincere thank you.

Over the past six months, All District Reads has been doing some deep work. Not the kind that shows up quickly in newsletters, but the kind that requires listening, rethinking, and rebuilding so that what we offer truly serves today’s school systems.

If you’ve noticed our quiet, it wasn’t distance. It was intention.

Because of you—all of you who have helped build All District Reads over the years—we reached a moment where growth required reinvention.

Across the country, school leaders are telling us the same thing:

They don’t need another program.

They need a way to bring people together around literacy.

That’s the space All District Reads now fills—more clearly, more sustainably, and at greater scale than ever before.

None of this would be possible without the people who believed early, showed up often, volunteered time, shared ideas, and carried this work forward when it mattered most.

If you have ever:

Supported an All District Reads initiative

Helped organize, lead, or promote shared reading

Believed that literacy can change a system

You are part of this story.

And we want you with us as we begin this next chapter.

In the coming weeks, we’ll share more about what membership looks like, how districts are engaging, and where we’re headed next. For now, we simply wanted to reconnect—and say thank you.

With deep appreciation,

Gary Anderson

Founder, All District Reads