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May 18, 2012
The Early Literacy Initiative will demonstrate that students from similar backgrounds, in the same schools and grade levels who receive this tutoring will outperform students who did not receive this extra attention.
May 18, 2012
Organizers launched a new effort Tuesday to train volunteers and match them with children in an effort to improve early literacy.
May 17, 2012
Studies show young learners who did not have early learning tended to have higher absentee rates and academic trouble in the early grades.
May 16, 2012
“This is an American tragedy,” Lawrence said. “It’s going to take a lot more shoving and pushing than we’d like to fix this. We’re not anywhere near the promised land.”
May 14, 2012
A 2010 study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found students who don’t read at grade level by the third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma than students who are proficient readers.
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Feb 29, 2012
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Nov 21, 2011
The Early Learning Coalition and Family Central join in discussing The Children’s Movement of Florida’s Five-Point Legislative Agenda; One of Eleven “Books and Cookies” events being held statewide.
Nov 14, 2011
The Children's Movement of Florida Visits Salvation Army to Discuss 2012 Legislative Agenda.
Nov 9, 2011
The Children's Movement of Florida Visits Local Education Center to
Discuss 2012 Legislative Agenda
Oct 31, 2011
The Children's Movement of Florida Announces
2012 Legislative Agenda
Florida’s Office of Early Learning and Florida TaxWatch join in unveiling The
Children’s Movement of Florida’s Five-Point Legislative Agenda
From The Blog
May 16, 2012
Register for the May 30 webinar, and read up on universal health care around the world as well as what the Affordable Health Care Act means for children!
May 11, 2012
Please Register for our free, lunchtime webinar to learn about this ambitious collaborative project and how to get involved.
May 8, 2012
Today's society demands higher education in order to find the best jobs, compete, and succeed in a global marketplace.
Apr 30, 2012
One of the wonderful organizations that The Children’s Movement has had the opportunity to partner with over the past several months is the Miami Children’s Initiative, a comprehensive ten-year community development project for Liberty City with the intentions of replicating the renowned Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a proven model of success in transforming a tough, violent, underperforming urban community into a desirable place to live and raise a family.
Apr 27, 2012
Dave Lawrence's remarks from an April 26 speech in Fresno, California.