Improving Education

All Children Ready. All Children Ready is an initiative focused on significantly increasing literacy and math achievement in Head Start Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten children in Baltimore City while developing scalable practices that can be used at locations across the city state and nation to improve Kindergarten Readiness outcomes. During 2023 All Children Ready collaborated with 10 Head Start sites and 4 Pre-Kindergarten sites with the goal of significantly improving Kindergarten Readiness for the students they serve. We worked with 650 students and 60 educators to assess progress improve instruction and provide materials that can be used in the home to enhance instruction.

Educational Consulting and Support. Through our Educational Consulting and Support program we engage with other local and national non-profit organizations to advance the outcomes of students. This includes improvements in reading and math outcomes for elementary middle and high school students improved graduation rates with more 9th graders on track to graduate and the development and support of Community Schools.

Bedtime in a Box. Through our Bedtime in a Box program we provide books healthcare items and bedtime materials to low-income families with children ages 0-5 to help them establish nightly bedtime routines supporting health early education and parent-child bonding. During 2023 we distributed over 10,600 Bedtime Boxes to underserved families across the country.

Learning in a Box. Learning in a Box is a program that was developed by teacher participants in our 2020 Fellowship program during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in response to school closures. Learning in a Box provides students in grades Preschool-2nd with a wide range of interactive resources to engage in fun meaningful learning activities at home. This program has grown exponentially and during 2023 we distributed over 12,000 Learning Boxes.