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Professor: Literacy is key to ease poverty
Original Source | Statesman Jounal By Ruth Liao, Saturday February 13, 2010
Understanding the fundamentals of poverty can help community members grasp the importance of promoting literacy among those in need, an Oregon State University professor told a crowd of early childhood teachers, child care providers and community members on Friday morning.
"We explain poverty in this country as something as, 'Well, it's your fault,'" said Leslie Richards, a human development and family sciences professor.
Richards has studied families and poverty, particularly in rural areas, in Oregon for decades.
The Children's Institute: Making the Case for Early Childhood Education
Original Source | NW Kids January 2010
So much goes on behind the scenes. Our children's education relies heavily on the choices that we as parents amek; it also relies on the actions of others - school directors, principals, teachers, other parents, legislators and non-profits. One such organization, the Children's Institute, plays an important behind-the-scenes role in providing early childhood programs to children in the pre-school years.
Tracking children's readiness for school proves complicated
Original Source | Statesman Journal By Ruth Liao, Sunday December 20, 2009
Simon Obery, 4, buries himself in a book at Chemeketa Child Development Center. Increasingly, children are expected to have some measure of reading skills by the time they reach kindergartern. (Danielle Peterson | Statesman Journal)
Getting children prepared for kindergarten is a mutual goal for both early childhood providers and schools.
But it's a yardstick that Oregon and local officials are having a hard time creating.
