Starting next month, 50 families in public housing in Baton Rouge with preschool-age children are receiving tablet computers, books and educational toys, followed by regular virtual and in-person home visits from education coaches who will help to get their children ready for kindergarten.
It s a modest start to a program that its backers hope will eventually go statewide. It s meant to narrow both the achievement gap and digital divide between low-income students and their more affluent peers. As a former elementary school principal, I ve seen firsthand how far too many of our children start school behind, said Chloe Wiley, initiatives manager with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and the founder of a charter school in Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge Prepares Pre-Schoolers for Reading with Tablets
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is donating tablet computers, books and educational toys to 50 families in public housing in hopes of better preparing low-income students for grade school. by Charles Lussier, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. / February 16, 2021 (AP/Matt Rourke)
(TNS) Starting next month, 50 families in public housing in Baton Rouge with preschool-age children are receiving tablet computers, books and educational toys, followed by regular virtual and in-person home visits from education coaches who will help to get their children ready for kindergarten.
It s a modest start to a program that its backers hope will eventually go statewide. It s meant to narrow both the achievement gap and digital divide between low-income students and their more affluent peers.
At 3:30 p.m. CST Feb. 1, The New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar series will return for the second of two lectures focused on patient care. This lecture will focus on COVID-19, health care disparities, vaccine education, and what individuals can do to aid in community response and recovery. The presentation will be led by Dr. Karriem S. Watson from the University of Illinois, Chicago School of Public Health Community Health Sciences and Durand “Rudy” Macklin from the Louisiana Department of Health.
Dr. Karriem S. Watson
Watson is a Community Health Scientist who serves as the Associate Executive Director of the Mile Square Health Center, a group of federally qualified health clinics (FQHCs) affiliated with the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. He also serves as the Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement for the University of Illinois Cancer Center at UIC (UI Cancer Center) and has a faculty appointment in the UIC School of Pub
An ATVS Festivus Spectacular
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Today is December 23, better known as Festivus the fake holiday made up by George Costanza’s father, Frank.
So we got together and decided to air our grievances. WE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE, AND NOW YOU’RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT
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I know we should keep this to LSU (And if I did, it would probably be with the tennis program or the Title IX office, and that isn’t in the goofy pirit this was intended, so let’s not get dark), so instead I’m going to go bigger.