At its annual event, the Children’s Institute and award sponsor Pacific Continental Bank presented the 3rd Annual Alexander Award to Sue Miller, co-founder of the Family Building Blocks Relief Nursery.
In its new report “Showing Up, Staying In,” the Children’s Institute calls for swift and meaningful action from the state of Oregon to combat chronic absence in all grades, but in particular the early grades starting with kindergarten.
Building Blocks looks at how two Oregon school districts, Pendleton and David Douglas, passed bonds that included financing for high-quality early learning facilities. A key finding of the report is that early learning sells.
More than one-third of Oregon children aren’t meeting third grade reading benchmarks. Swati Adarkar discusses this problem — and its solutions — with Ken Ackerman of Comcast Newsmakers.
At our 2014 Make It Your Business event, the 2nd annual Alexander Award was presented posthumously to Lynn Lundquist.
