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Can a new early literacy program help this struggling Mississippi town?
After-school programs can help students during pandemic
Community-based organizations that run after-school and summer programs in schools can offer crucial support to help avoid learning loss and meet safety requirements during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the Partnership for Children and Youth. The report says these programs can offer important social-emotional support to students from trusted adults with experience working with students. In addition, the programs can provide additional learning time and support to students, especially low-income and English learner students who have been most negatively affected by the pandemic. When schools reopen, the staff from after-school programs may also be able to help schools meet new guidelines for having smaller group sizes, according to the report.
New grants support early childhood educator training
California State University Long Beach (CSULB) and California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) today announced $33 million in funding from the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic organization, to support programs designed to address the shortage of early childhood educators (ECE). These grants are intended to help close the emerging ECE teacher gap as well as provide living wage jobs for these educators.
California school districts need an estimated 12,000-15,000 credentialed ECE teachers to drive California Gov. Newsom’s expansion of early childhood education such as TK, or transitional kindergarten, experts say.
CSULB and CSUDH both have key programs that train early childhood educators, a profession long dominated by women of color in California. Whereas preschool teachers often earn meager wages, TK teachers are paid the same as K-12 teachers. That’s why these programs should increase the economic mobility of ECE teachers who can use their new credentials to access jobs with better pay and benefits.
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Family Matters: New program using AI to help kids tackle dyslexia
Family Matters: New program using AI to help kids tackle dyslexia
In the classroom, students with dyslexia are still getting left behind. Even though learning disorder affects 20 percent of people in the U.S., without the right support, it can feel impossible to catch up. One local father’s experience inspired him to start a learning program using artificial intelligence.
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