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Written by Cal Walker
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Friday, June 26, 2009 |
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As the significant impact of Read-Along Songs continues to spread, it also supports Village at Ithaca goals in a number of ways. Reading is very essential to learning, and early literacy makes it much easier for young children to access education once they start school. Without a basic literacy foundation to build on, children start school behind and, unfortunately, tend to fall further and further behind.
John Simon and I have now done close to 70 Read Along Songs performances, primarily at schools in Tompkins County and mostly for children 3-5. For more information about this exciting project of the Family Reading Partnership, click here . |
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Equity in Words |
“For us, equity in education means not just equal opportunity and access but equality in educational outcomes. The challenge is to develop a holistic approach to each student’s needs, experience, learning styles, and potentialities that will ensure that access and opportunity translate to their educational success as defined by high school graduation, entry to college or trade completion, and ability to think and act critically in the affairs of community, the nation and the world.”
Leonardo and Cecilia Vargas (Cornell, Latino Civic Association) |
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