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Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort
Friday, April 27, 2018
The Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program recently presented a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West Philadelphia Action for Early Learning initiative.
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National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia
Thursday, July 19, 2018
More than 700 educators, foundation executives and national leaders in early childhood education will convene July 24-27 in Philadelphia for Grade-Level Reading Week, the nation’s most significant convening focused on getting all children reading on grade level by the time they enter fourth grade.
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New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The new "Talk It Up" program seeded by the William Penn Foundation seeks to make grocery shopping an opportunity for interaction and learning between parents and children.
