How do we accomplish the Prosper Lincoln goal to nurture every child on the path to success? The answer is multi-dimensional. One particular dimension is health, and the Prosper Lincoln Early Childhood Comprehensive Health Working Group recently released the latest...
Clyde Malone Community Center has long been known for its after-school programming, primarily for Lincoln’s African American youth in the neighborhood between the University’s downtown campus and North 27th Street. The center’s new executive director, Kimberly Goins...
On behalf of the Prosper Lincoln community agenda, the Read Aloud Lincoln campaign has launched. Read Aloud Lincoln is a two-year initiative that includes a passionate group of partners who want to spread the word to parents and caregivers that 15 minutes of reading...
The kindergarten-readiness gap between low-income and high-income students has not closed in a generation, even though parents are more involved than ever in their children’s education and state-funded pre-K, nutrition programs, and prenatal care are more accessible...
High-quality, affordable, and accessible childcare has a significant impact on the economic growth and competitiveness of our companies and country. Yet America is facing a childcare challenge that threatens the productivity and strength of the workforce of today — as...
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...
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...
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 stock...
Learning doesn’t start on the first day of Kindergarten, so why wait until then to start a child’s education? Families in the South of Downtown neighborhood had a chance to kick-start their preschool-aged children’s education at an Early Childhood Fair at Everett...
Prosper Lincoln held an Early Childhood Comprehensive Health Community Visioning Session on November 2, 2017 to look for ways to ensure children are healthy and Kindergarten-ready. Read the compilation of results from the conversation here.