About the Program
The Learning Connections program is a collaborative partnership with Twin Cities communities and elementary schools with the shared goal of promoting literacy and learning success for children at-risk for reading failure.
Working together with parents, teachers and volunteers for more than ten years, LDA Minnesota has successfully replicated this model program with with numerous school partners. The Learning Connections program provides:
- An intensive, individualized and hands-on approach to reading instruction for children with low reading skills and reading disabilities
- Parent education and/or involvement through parent workshops, support groups, or family literacy activities with their children
- Teacher and volunteer training to build their capacity to improve reading instruction and behavior management for children with low reading skills and reading disabilities.

LDA Minnesota's current partners include:
- Anishinabe School
- Bethune Community School
- Bryn Mawr Community School
- Christ’s Household of Faith
- Higher Ground Academy
- Hope Academy
- Lucy Craft Laney Community School
- Prestige Academy
- Quest Academy
- Risen Christ School
- San Miguel Middle School
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