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Grade Level Reading Campaign
Summer WebinarAugust 8, 2011
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Agenda
3:00 Welcome - Corinne Ribble, LFN President, The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties
3:05 LFN Initiatives Update - Margaret Doughty, LFN3:10 Rural Philanthropy Conference - Corinne
3:15 Spotlight - Mary Surbeck, Oklahoma City Community Foundation
3:20 Introduction of Speaker - Corinne
Grade-Level Reading Campaign
Ralph Smith, The Annie E Casey Foundation
3:45 Facilitated Q&A- Margaret
4:10 Grade Level Reading Campaign Next Steps – Corinne
4:15 Reflection – Ellen Shuler Hinrichs, Central Carolina Community Foundation
4:20 Closing - CorinneCall in number 712-775-7000 passcode 1073773
Welcome
Corinne RibbleDirector of PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc.
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LFN Symposium
Planning Committee
Local Host
Committee
Program
Sponsorship
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Support for West Alabama
Half Price Books and Feed the Children
McGraw-HillHome Builders
Institute
Right to Literacy Campaign
Final Phase:
National Volunteer Challenge
September 22nd
Launch in Houston
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Rural Philanthropy Conference
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Spotlight
Mary Surbeck Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Developing networks Building collaboration Lifelong learning linkage
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Literacy Funders Network
August 8, 2011
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The What
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• More than 70 foundations and donors in 25 states
• More than 50 sector-leading organizations and programs
• (United Way Worldwide, National League of Cities, National Civic League, U.S. Conference of Mayors, America’s Promise, Mission:Readiness)
Campaign Update
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• By 2020, increase by 50 percent in at least a dozen states the number of low-income children reading at grade level in 3rd grade.
• By 2015, significant progress on the leading indicators in at least two dozen key cities and school districts
Campaign goals
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• Quality teaching of the whole child for every child in every setting every day.
• Community solutions for improving school readiness, attendance, summer learning.
• A more seamless and accountable system of care, services, and family supports for children during the early years and the early grades.
Three assurances
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The Why
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We know what it takes:
• graduate from high school
• get and keep a job
• delay pregnancy until age 25 or marriage
(Haskins, R., and Sawhill, I. (2009). Creating a an Opportunity Society Brookings Institution Press)
Disrupting Persistent and Intergenerational Poverty
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• High school graduation is the doorway to opportunity and to a successful future in – Post-secondary education – The skilled workforce and careers– Military service and law
enforcement
What We Know
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• Third grade is a critical juncture on the road to high school graduation. It is the pivot point -- 74 percent of students who fail to read on grade level by the end of third grade will not finish high school on time.
What We Know
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• Three out of every four (83%) low-income children miss this critical milestone and do not read proficiently by the end of third grade
Low-income kids are the casualties
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• The result? By the time they enter fourth grade, four out of every five low income kids are not proficient in reading -- off-track for on time high school graduation and the opportunities for them and for the nation.
Low-income kids are the casualties
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• Enshrine poverty into the next generation
• Impede competitiveness in the global economy
• Compromise national security
These statistics portend dire consequences for our nation
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The How
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• Education & Child Development (schools and early care, education and development programs)
• Policy Arena (federal, state and local level)
• Civic space (the informal groups and organizations serving children and families in communities)
Working in three arenas
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• Building a big tent of stakeholders and champions
• Advancing more impact-oriented philanthropic decision making and practice
• Investing in promising places to accelerate change, create “proof points”, and provide inspiration
Three key strategies
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• Priority challenge: Community mobilization to find solutions to three major contributors to the achievement gap:
– School readiness: too many children coming to school too far behind
– Chronic absence: too many children missing too many days of school
– Summer learning loss: too many kids losing ground over the summer months
Community solutions
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• In 2012, the All American City Awards will recognize communities taking on the grade level reading challenge.
• National Civic League, US Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities, and United Way Worldwide are partners.
• Focus is on improving readiness and attendance as well as preventing summer learning loss.
All American City Awards
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• Priority challenge: Bridge-building across the entrenched divides
– Early childhood vs. K-12
– Zero to 3 vs. 3 to 5/pre-K
– Cognitive development vs. social emotional development
Quality teaching
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• Priority challenge: Enabling parents and caregivers to become effective in their roles as first teacher, best coach and most effective advocate so their children are assured– Regular health and development
screenings and assessment– Timely and appropriate treatment
and intervention– Quality teaching and equitable
opportunities to learn
A more seamless and accountable system of care, services and supports through the early years and early grades
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All Children . . .– Born healthy– Thriving at Three– Ready at Five– Reading in 3rd grade– Achieving on grade level– Graduating from high school
prepared for career, college and life
Success: What does it look like?
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Literacy funders can help lead the way
Thank you!
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Questions, Comments and Answers
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Reflections
Ellen Shuler HinrichsDirector of Community Philanthropy
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Closing
Corinne RibbleDirector of Philanthropy
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