Learn4Life and Champion of Children Release New Report

Learn4Life, United Way of Central Ohio's Champion of Children and Community Research Partners released the new report Franklin County's Children: a look at their lives in and out of the classroom.

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Patrick Losinski Named 2012 Champion of Children; Action for Children Named First Ever 2012 Champion of Children Nonprofit Organization

Patrick Losinski Named 2012 Champion of Children; Action for Children Named First Ever 2012 Champion of Children Nonprofit Organization

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The environment for a child matters. The advantages and disadvantages children inherit from their families, neighborhoods, early care and schooling will either support or deny them the opportunity of attaining later success.

Read more: Connecting the dots for all children at home and school

   

From A Nation at Risk, the 1983 imperative for educational reform, to the recent documentary Waiting for Superman, our K-12 schools have been placed in the omnipotent position of solving our nation’s achievement gaps and, by inference, its economic woes.

 

Read more: Schools can’t reverse poor kids’ fortunes alone

 

Answers Still Sought on how to Narrow Achievement Gap

More than half a century ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren observed on behalf of a unanimous Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, “it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.”

Read more: Answers Still Sought on how to Narrow Achievement Gap

   

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