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Building partnerships with business to build a pipeline of qualified employees

Building partnerships with business to build a pipeline of qualified employees

by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | News

Lincoln businesses now have a partner in helping them find the next great employee. Our local American Job Center (AJC) provider is ResCare Workforce Services, a national service provider dedicated to connecting talent to business. The AJC is building partnerships...
Fostering a Love of Literacy: Through Libraries, Schools, and Families

Fostering a Love of Literacy: Through Libraries, Schools, and Families

by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News

When leaders at the Oakland (California) Public Library’s Melrose branch realized that they weren’t drawing a good crowd to their traditional story times—even though the sessions featured some dynamic children’s librarians—they decided they needed to try a different...
Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | News

Recent advances in the science of brain development offer us an unprecedented opportunity to solve some of society’s most challenging problems, from widening disparities in school achievement and economic productivity to costly health problems across the lifespan....
Could we improve America by treating 2-year-olds better?

Could we improve America by treating 2-year-olds better?

by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News

In Wichita, Kansas, single mother Tiffany McNitt sometimes cries after dropping her kids, aged 2 and 3, at their babysitter’s house on her way to work. It’s not just that she’ll miss them—she worries her children aren’t learning anything and are already falling...
East High Students Build Little Free Library…and relationships

East High Students Build Little Free Library…and relationships

by Prosper Lincoln | Dec 27, 2019 | Early Childhood, News

Last spring, after a classroom discussion on the importance of reading, East High senior Chantel Bade mentioned that she’d like to keep a supply of books at the trailer court her dad manages. That thoughtful idea blossomed into a school-wide effort to build and...
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