COVID-19 learning loss is a disaster within a disaster.
The abrupt closing of schools, early childhood programs and child care centers to contain COVID-19 undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. But this life-saving measure has also had an unintended consequence: a student learning loss that is unprecedented. As with COVID-19 itself, the harshest effects will fall most heavily on those with preexisting conditions, which include:
Children who are in households that lack internet connectivity.
Children with special needs or with caretakers who work in the informal economy –or in low-paid but “essential” jobs.
Children who are in families with language and literacy barriers.
Foundations, Inc Leads Project to Connect Two Websites
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Through a partnership between the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, the Atlanta Speech School, and Foundations, Inc., two phenomenal, free online platforms are now connected. MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (PRWEB) December 15, 2020 Tackling our country’s educational inequities and the resulting illiteracy crisis require collaboration and innovation. Foundations, Inc is thrilled to share an exciting new tool which does just that. They have led a partnership between themselves, the Atlanta Speech School and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading which has, as one element of the partnership, resulted in a single sign-on process between two platforms, CLIP and Cox Campus.
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Jeb and Joanna Bethel help Suzanne Harbin, director of the early childhood initiative for the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, cut a cake alongside Count Von Count in October 2019 as Sesame Street celebrated its 50th birthday at Dalton s Burr Performing Arts Park. The strides made in recent years in Whitfield County with early education, especially literacy gains, was one of the main reasons Sesame Street came to the county last year.Â
Whitfield County has been recognized as a Pacesetter in Grade-Level Proficiency for the second consecutive year, honored both for strides made in early literacy as well as in the category of Bright Spot for Parent Success for parent outreach efforts.