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.
Preschoolers are suspended from school at an alarming rate. And that is the start of the preschool to prison pipeline. High quality early childhood education is key.
It’s been hard to prove that attending preschool makes a difference for kids, academically. Many research studies have found that children who didn’t go to preschool catch up to those who did in just a few years. By third grade, there’s often no difference in math and...
According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, children who aren’t proficient in reading by the fourth grade are far less likely to graduate high school and attend college. The statistic becomes even more drastic for children from low-income families, and more drastic...
Michelle Suarez, Prosper Lincoln's Early Childhood Developer, is finishing a pilot curriculum at Everett Elementary that she calls "Strengthening Families." This early childhood toolkit is designed to help educate parents on the importance of early childhood...
Published 3-28-2017 A community-wide collaborative group of more than 100 individuals focused on early childhood (ages 0-8) has formed to serve Lincoln’s children — the Lincoln Early Childhood Network (LECN). It addresses one of the strategies for Prosper Lincoln’s...