Babies Ready for College is a parent education program. The program provides at-risk parents with a ten week series of 3-hour workshops on various topics on early care and development, including parent-child bonding, parental stress, language and literacy acquisition, health and nutrition, etc. Workshop Topics that will be discussed Education Must Begin at Birth Parents as the First Teachers Early Brain Development Social and Emotional Development Parents Must Stay Involved Ending the Achievement Gap Contact Info: For more information about Babies Ready for College or If you would like to participate in our program, please contact Jami Horwitz, Executive Director… Read the Rest
Program Spotlights Work of Three Corridor Innovation Partners The Children’s Corridor, a ground-breaking effort to elevate the lives and futures of more than 35,000 at-risk youth in a 41 square mile area of north Denver and Aurora, will be the focus of a one-hour special program on radio station KGNU 88.5 FM/1390 AM on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 8:35 a.m. Every day 10 children are born in the Corridor – if things don’t change, 5 of them won’t graduate from high school. The Children’s Corridor is one of the fastest growing population centers in metro Denver, a… Read the Rest
We recently gathered together some facts that form a pointillist vision of the education landscape in the Children’s Corridor and the Denver metro area. Not only is the way we educate kids changing, but essential characteristics about the population we are educating have changed as well. In the past several years, the suite of schools in the region has grown to include charter schools, innovation schools, online schools, and others. At the same time, the school-age population has seen a rapid increase in free and reduced lunch (FRL) participation and English-language learner (ELL) enrollment. Here are some of the highlights:… Read the Rest
Health and education levels are closely connected. What’s more, disparities in health and education cross generations: The education level of a child’s parents influence his or her success later on in life. Children whose parents haven’t completed high school have a higher risk of health problems during childhood and throughout life. Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment show that among mothers over 20 in the Children’s Corridor in 2009, 36% had not completed high school. This infographic explores what data reveal about the level of education of mothers in the Children’s Corridor, and what that means… Read the Rest
Where can parents go to find early care services — such as day care and preschool — in the Children’s Corridor? This map shows the licensed care providers, alongside the under 5 population displayed by census tract. By exploring this map, you can see which areas have a high demand for child care services and whether there are facilities to meet those demands. In one three-tract region in northeast Original Aurora, for example, there are 1780 children under age five and only two early childhood care locations. This map can help identify gaps and potential opportunities for service expansion. Here… Read the Rest
