Health and Development
The Vroom Parenting App
Learn about Vroom, a free tool designed to stimulate parent-child interactions with brain building activities. Created by the Bezos Family Foundation in partnership with the Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University, the app is for parents and educators...
Coquille district reinvents itself with early childhood education
Sharon Nelson, principal of Lincoln School of Early Learning, and Tim Sweeney, superintendent of Coquille School District, chat with preschoolers during lunch. Five years ago, Coquille School District leaders agonized over closing their fifth and last elementary...
Toward Equitable Achievement in Oregon with Abdikadir Bashir Mohamud
This segment features Abdikadir Bashir Mohamud, executive director at the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees of Oregon and the program manager for the center's Preschool Promise Program. In this interview, we discuss the purpose of CAIRO as a social change...
Summer Slide: Learning loss, what it is and how to prevent it in the dog days of summer
When kids think of summer slide, they may imagine fun times at the water park. But for educators and parents, summer slide – or the learning loss that occurs...
Community Health Needs Assessment 101: Yoncalla Early Works
Yoncalla Early Works takes a comprehensive approach to preparing kids for success in school and life. For the last two years, the project has combined early learning, health, and family engagement strategies to set young children on a path to third grade readiness....
9th Annual Make It Your Business Luncheon Recap
On Thursday, May 18, 300 early childhood advocates, educators, business leaders, and friends attended Children’s Institute’s Make It Your Business Luncheon at the Portland Art Museum. More than $153,000 was raised to continue our advocacy for strategic investments...
Ready by 3rd
Ready by 3rd, featured at our 2017 Make It Your Business luncheon, features families and young learners benefiting from home visiting services, Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education, and preschool.
Interview with public health and early education expert Donalda Dodson
Donalda Dodson, MPH, RN, will receive the Richard C. Alexander Award at the Make It Your Business Luncheon on Thursday, May 18. Ms. Dodson is a pioneer in public health who has dedicated over 40 years to strengthening the health of pregnant women, young children,...
Housing Crisis Affects Earl Boyles Community
Preschool teacher Andreina Velasco knows at least several of her students at Earl Boyles Elementary are from homeless families who have moved in with friends or relatives while they struggle to find a home. Sometimes she sees the stress of unstable housing...
Oregon’s Voluntary Home Visiting Services
Children’s Institute releases its latest policy brief about the importance of voluntary home visiting services. Currently, over 18,000 kids and their families receive voluntary home visiting services in Oregon. This brief summarizes the benefits of home...
