To support a five-week summer school program with daily reading instruction for 480 students from both district and charter schools; includes weekly workshops that train parents to teach reading at home, and an incentive structure that awards learning tools to families in proportion to student reading gains.

For reading clinics and to provide take home books and resources for schools and libraries.

To increase family access to high quality early childhood programs and the integration of early childhood and K-12 systems.

For Jumpstart Oakland, a program that serves children in preschool classrooms, helping them develop the language, literacy and social skills needed for school readiness.

To support preschool students and their caregivers who will participate in an interactive learning and reading program (in partnership with Literacy Lab).

For action research on chronic absenteeism in five Oakland elementary schools that will assess, capture data, and provide direct services for first grade students.

To serve children and parents through three projects: A pop up pre-school pilot program with the Lighthouse Charter Community School that will serve pre-school children, parents/caregivers, and educators; and an interactive learning and reading program in OUSD pre-schools; and Increased access to literacy resources and expansion in OUSD Transitional Kindergarten. ($85,000) Funding to provide ten faith […]

To offer parent-child playgroups with enriched play, and learning and literacy activities; and to support training other community partners in the Lotus Bloom model.

To create and pilot a validated tool to measure effective parent-family and community engagement practices, and for the creation of the technological infrastructure for the tool to be used nationwide.

For building early literacy capacity and curriculum into New Leaders’ leadership development continuum.