Leading to Reading Home. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Recognizes Libraries’ Role in Early Learning. By Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director At an April 24 briefing at D.C’s Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library, I joined Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Director of the Office of Head Start, in announcing that our offices and ACF’s Office of Child Care would collaborate in an effort to encourage partnerships between federally funded early child care programs and public libraries. Today the agreement between our three offices became official with the issuance of an “Information Memorandum,” ACF’s instrument for formal communication with the agencies it funds.
LATEST NEWS « Solomon Jones. Words on the Street is a writing and literacy program that partners Solomon Jones with Art Sanctuary in an effort that brings the resources of educational, corporate and media entities to bear while harnessing the power of the people who matter most – parents.
Research indicates that parental involvement remains a strong predictor of educational success, but parents can’t do it alone, so we’ve assembled a dynamic team to help. Our local and national partners include the Knight Foundation, the Verizon Foundation, Art Sanctuary, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Clear Channel Radio, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the School District of Philadelphia’s Parent University, and Minotaur Books. Our goal is to improve reading scores for all students, but for black male high school students in particular.