The Philadelphia Citizen
12 November 2015
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New York, New York, United States
A New York program bridges the word gap—the disparity in children's vocabularies—for children of the incarcerated by allowing their fathers to record themselves reading stories.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/a-book-in-every-home-and-then-some
David Bornstein
The New York Times
16 May 2011
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Lack of reading material is not only a third-world problem – many poor families in the United States lack access to and funds for books. A program that helps get books to into the homes of low-income families can boost literacy, and help publishers, too.
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/118675
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
19 January 2012
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How can rural African children learn to read when there are no books in their languages? Save the Children helps kids to create their own books, creating a homemade library for their village.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/an-untapped-force-in-the-fight-for-literacy
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
11 September 2014
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Teaching reading skills to children early is crucial, especially with respect to their educational success later in life. School systems are switching reading programs to help underachieving students have one on one time with a tutor.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/fighting-bullying-with-babies
David Bornstein
The New York Times
8 November 2010
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The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/for-mothers-to-be-finding-health-care-in-a-group
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
18 December 2013
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To educate and prepare new mothers, Centering Pregnancy and Centering Parenting sites in the United States offer community-based patient-centered care in low-income areas. Centering offers interactive learning, check-ups, and social support, so that women can take charge of their health.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-18/some-prenatal-care-community-affair
Shuka Kalantari
Public Radio International (PRI)
18 June 2014
Radio / 3-5 Minutes
Latin American women in San Francisco have suffered from post-partum depression, social isolation, and chronic stress at the time of their pregnancies. Run by midwives, the Centering Pregnancy program at the San Francisco General Hospital provides patient-centered care, an environment to speak in Spanish, and a nurturing community for women’s group appointments. The results boast fewer c-sections and pre-term births, and an improvement in emotional support and overall prenatal health.
http://seattletimes.com/html/education/2022413246_edlabchicagoxml.html
Linda Shaw
The Seattle Times
8 December 2013
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A lot of research backs the notion that parents play an important role in the academic success of their children, and their children’s schools. While too much parent involvement can cause problems, as happens in some high-income schools, many other schools struggle to foster any ties with most of their families — especially in the growing numbers of neighborhoods where teachers and students don’t share a language, a culture or a ZIP code.
https://www.seattletimes.com/education/high-poverty-high-test-scores-auburn-school-is-a-shouting-success
Linda Shaw
The Seattle Times
27 April 2014
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As school poverty rates goes up, learning and test scores fall. At Gildo Ray elementary school in Washington state uses a teaching method called director or explicit instruction, in which children learn from a structured approach to teaching with teacher-guided practice. Gildo Ray’s test scores in math and reading are among the highest in the state.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/protecting-children-from-toxic-stress
David Bornstein
The New York Times
30 October 2013
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Child First is a program in Connecticut, where staff members deliver home-based parent guidance and child-parent psychotherapy to help prevent the detrimental physical and mental effects of toxic stress on children. The engagement is guided by an evidence-based methodology called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, which is grounded in collaborative problem solving.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/pregnant-mothers-are-getting-the-message
David Bornstein
The New York Times
7 February 2011
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An average of 28,000 children born in the U.S. each year die before their first birthday – and many more face disabilities and serious life-long health problems, often because they are born prematurely or at low birth weights. A free service, text4baby, delivers crucial health advice via text message to pregnant women and new mothers.
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