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Program aims to boost Louisiana children's reading readiness

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. ....

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Baton Rouge Prepares Pre-Schoolers for Reading with Tablets

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.
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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. ....

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