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DISCUSSION
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CURRENT FINDINGS
Review: Education Assetso
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Review: Education Challenges
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RESEARCH TRENDS IN EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
Education is the Keystone of Success
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Education is the Keystone of Success
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Cradle-through-College Pipeline
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“[T]he cycle of poverty can be broken by the coupling of a critical mass of engaged, effective families with the provision of readily accessible early and progressive intervention in children’s development”- HCZ
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Choice Neighborhoods Case Studies
SEATTLE: Yesler Terrace
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Yesler Terrace Site
Yesler Terrace Transformation Rendering
Yesler Terrace Partners & Fundingo
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Yesler Terrace Strategies
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Yesler Terrace: Strategies
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Pre-K K-12 Post-12
Parent Child Home Program New Position at SU: Assistant Director of K-12 Partnerships
College Success Foundation: services include test preparation, college tours and other programs for middle and high school students
Head Start program (3- and 4-year-olds, ½ day)
New Position at Yesler Terrace: Education Engagement Specialist
AmeriCorps volunteers (support the parent engagement component of Head Start)
New summer and afterschool programs
On-site tutoring at Yesler Terrace supported by SHA
Yesler Terrace Accomplishments
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San Antonio Wheatley Courts
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Wheatley Courts Strategies
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Wheatley Courts Strategies
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Pre-K K-12 Post-12
Increase the Inventory of High Quality Child Care Slots
Administer an Early Development Instrument
Expand partnerships with local universities and colleges
Establish an Early Learning Network (ELN)
Monitor and Improve Literacy Equip Career Readiness Lab atWheatley Middle School
Expand Child Care Center Mentors Modify the [San Antonio Independent School District] Data System
Import [College of San Antonio’s] “Café College” Resources
Establish and Support a“Community of Practice” grounded in evidence-based best practices
Track Teacher Effectiveness Partner with SAHA’s “Moving to Work” Program
Implement Aligned, Integrated K-12 STEM Instruction
Expand Adult Education Opportunities
Applications to Cleveland Ave Transformation Plan
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Discussion Topics
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