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Many Oregon kids aren’t in preschool
Read the full story in the Bend Bulletin. “Even at 200 percent, we’re still not going to be reaching enough of the low-income families that should have access to preschool,” Rafael Otto, senior communications and policy associate with the Children’s Institute said....
Professor Sean Reardon, Shining a Light on Inequality to Create Change
Stanford professor Sean Reardon is the keynote speaker at Children’s Institute’s Make It Your Business Luncheon on May 18, 2017. Reardon, a Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic...
Action Alert: Stop the Budget Cuts to Children’s Education and Health
Stop the Budget Cuts to Children's Education and Health On Monday, April 17, the co-chairs of the state budget writing committee (Ways and Means) released a proposed budget that puts kids at risk. Reductions include: 20 percent cut to Early Learning...
Ways and Means Memo on Early Learning Reductions
To: Joint Committee on Ways and Means Co-Chairs - Senator Devlin and Representative Nathanson From: Black Parent Initiative, Blue Mountain Early Learning Hub, Building Healthy Families, Children First for Oregon, Children’s Institute, Clackamas County, Early...
Three Oregon communities named 2016 GLR Pacesetters
The Campaign for Grade Level Reading announced its 5th Annual Pacesetters Honors today and recognized three communities in Oregon among 48 across the nation for working to improve school readiness, school attendance, and summer learning. Lane County The GLR...
Snapshot of children’s health coverage with Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has created state fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage for children with Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. Below is the Oregon...
Snapshot of children’s health coverage with Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has created state fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage for children with Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. Below is the Oregon...
Action Alert: Save the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Thursday, March 23, 2017 to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to replace it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA). AHCA will lead to 14 million Americans losing their health care next year and another 10...
Early Works Receives Federal Recognition
Early Works at Earl Boyles is featured in the U.S. Department of Education’s newly released descriptive study on P-3 implementation, “Case Studies of Schools Implementing Elementary Strategies: Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated...
Early Childhood Advocates Testify to Protect Home Visiting Programs
For Immediate Release December 12, 2016 Contact: Danielle Pacifico-Cogan, Director of Communications, 503.219.9034 Download this press release...
Governor Brown’s Budget Must Protect and Increase Funding for Early Childhood
For Immediate Release December 1, 2016 Contact: Danielle Pacifico-Cogan, Director of Communications, 503.219.9034 Download this press release...
Happy summer learning day!
Today is National Summer Learning Day! Here are some updates on what Oregon’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading communities are doing to keep families and students engaged throughout the summer. In Yoncalla, Early Works is partnering with the local...
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