Mission Learning Center champions childhood literacy as a vehicle to
promote a life-long passion for learning, encourage family engagement,
and provide children with the means to attain a higher quality of life.

Since 1972, Mission Learning Center has taught thousands of San Francisco school children how to read.

Our reading programs show measurable results: children advance on average two grade levels in their reading ability in just seven months.

And recognizing that parents are their children’s first and most important teachers, we added parent empowerment programs in 1986. Parents learn strategies for creating strong families and communities—environments in which children will thrive.

Dia de los Ninos, San Francisco’s annual celebration of reading, was started by Mission Learning center in 1998. In the past six years, thousands of children and their parents have experienced the power and enjoyment of literacy through this unique citywide event.

All Mission Learning Center programs—for children, their parents, and the community—spring from the widely acknowledged fact that literacy is a key component in escaping poverty and living a fully realized life.