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Education: Girl Taking Notes 

Providing every child with a high-quality education is among our most important responsibilities as a community. Educational attainment is perhaps the most powerful factor in determining whether children will reach their full potential as healthy, self-sufficient adults.

 

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Involve families and communities in ensuring student success
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Teach lifeskills for success in life, college and career
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SafeFutures Youth Center »SafeFutures Youth Center operates under its innovative Comprehensive Family Model - a culturally competent support system for moderate to high risk youth that is inclusive of their entire environment - families, schools, judicial courts, employers.
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Children's Institute for Learning Differences »Since 1977, CHILD has served some of Puget Sound’s hardest-to-serve and most vulnerable children: those struggling with neurological conditions, psychiatric disorders, cognitive impairments, and a broad spectrum of other learning differences.
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Treehouse »Even the best foster parents are hard-pressed to meet the needs of a child suffering from abuse or neglect, and the state covers only 60% of the cost of basic care. Treehouse fills the gaps for kids in foster care.
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2011-2012 Youth Grantmaking Board Outcomes
This year’s Youth Grantmaking Board learned more about the importance of young children (birth to five) acquiring the emotional, social and intellectual skills they need to be ready for kindergarten.
Success Story
Basic Computer Classes Help Low-income Parents Manage Their Children's Education
New Futures provides a broad range of services for children and families in four low-income apartment complexes in South King County. Ninety percent of the families served by New Futures don’t have computers at home, and even more of them are recent immigrants or refugees who struggle with language barriers. For these parents, getting involved in their children’s education is a daunting notion. To encourage the use of computers as a tool for managing their children’s education—for emailing teachers, learning about school events and even monitoring grades and attendance—New Futures offers basic computer classes for parents. The organization also brings school representatives in to meet with parents and provides family advocates who accompany parents to school meetings and help them contact teachers as needed.
31% of English Language Learners in King County’s Roadmap Region (SE/SW Seattle, South King County) met the 3rd grade reading standard (compared to 29% statewide).
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A Paramount Duty: Funding Education for McCleary and Beyond
Washington state policymakers must come up with billions in more funding over the next few years to comply with the State Supreme Court’s decision in McCleary v. State, which mandated a significant boost in K-12 school funding.
The Strengths and Challenges of Community Organizing as an Education Reform Strategy
This new study finds that "by leveraging the collective power of parents, youth, residents, and institutions, community organizing can alter longstanding power imbalances and patterns of inequality that result in failing schools."
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them: Myths and Realities About Why So Many Students Fail to Finish College
Based on a national survey of young adults, this research dispels some common myths about why so many students do not graduate and details what kinds of changes might make a difference.
Reducing Student Poverty in the Classroom
This Center for American Progress report presents examples of successful antipoverty strategies in schools across the country and urges policymakers to realize the positive impact that school-based antipoverty programs could have on the education and well-being of low-income children across the United States.
Graduated Success: Sustainable Economic Opportunity Through One- and Two-Year Credentials
There is now more evidence than ever before that one- and two-year credentials, particularly in specific fields, can lead to economic prosperity.

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