Weekly Digest: May 21, 2009

Report: Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) grants to link early childhood and early grades so that children are ready for school and schools are ready for children.  Governors in Arizona, Connecticut, Ohio and Pennsylvania worked with Kellogg and the Education Commission of the States (ECS) to convene Governors’ Forums to review and accelerate strategies to help children move seamlessly from the early years to elementary school and beyond.

The report and policy recommendations that came out of that process, Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools is available on the ECS website at http://www.ecs.org/docs/4208_COMC_report_forweb.pdf

Free Math and Science Books

The "Books From Bruce" program is now offering science and math book sets. Each of these sets contains books that help to teach science or math principles.

Books are free.  Educators only pay shipping and handling.

For more information on the "Books from Bruce" program, please visit http://www.wilbooks.com

Workshop: Transformational Evaluation through Story Mapping

Do you want to track the progress of program participants, youth and families, staff, funders and partner organizations and others for more effective assessment and planning purposes? Tap into the power in storytelling by attending this free Connecticut Assets Network workshop on May 27 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

For more details or to register, visit The Community Connection website at http://www.ctassets.org/ctasset_overview.htm#TransformationalEval