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Business & Community Leaders Breakfast
with keynote speaker
J. Ronald Lally, Ed.D.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Doors 7:30 a.m.
Program 8:00-9:30 a.m.
The Governor Hotel, Portland
Reserve your seat today!
Register online or call 503.219.9034
Oregon Passes Legislation to Expand Early Head Start
On February 25, Oregon policymakers took an important step toward supporting comprehensive services for infants, toddlers and their families. Through a bipartisan vote, the state Legislature passed a $1 million appropriation to expand Early Head Start services for at-risk infants and toddlers.
Sharp minds, good ideas
Recently The Oregonian asked 50 of the best minds in Oregon to think about "success stories" they've seen around the state in the past 20 years or so. We probably shouldn't have been so surprised to see the Children's Institute on the list. After all, the case for investing in high-quality early education is rock solid, and we have some of Oregon's finest leaders carrying our message in Salem.
"Expansion of early learning in the state. Concerned citizens created the Children's Institute in Portland, hired smart staff, lobbied heavily and got the state to significantly expand pre-K services to poor children."
Children's Institute featured in Statesman Journal early childhood series
The Statesman Journal published 'Raising a Community: The Gap of Good Intentions in School Readiness' which includes articles, resources, videos, and other interactive content. The article 'Tracking children's readiness for school proves complicated' highlights our report on Oregon's Kindergarten Readiness Survey and the actions we are taking in cooperation with the Department of Education to improve it.
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The IQ score is not the only way to determine a child’s success later in life.
“Both cognitive and noncognitive socioemotional skills (sometimes called “soft skills”) promote success in society at large. The soft skills are neither soft nor squishy. There is a lot of hard evidence on the importance of soft skills in economic and social life.” ~ James J. Heckman,