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Sacred Worth Books
Sacred Worth Books is a resource created by the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society. This tool can filter through hundreds of books by title, author, age range, ethnicity, gender, and topic.
Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read Kansas City is a nonprofit program in partnership with the Kansas University Endowment at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a member of the national Reach Out and Read Program. This organization partners Kansas City children with books. For more information, go here to visit the Reach Out and Read website.
AmeriCorps – Education
AmeriCorps and Senior Corps play a vital role in helping communities design and implement results-driven, cost-effective solutions, that support students from cradle-to-career.
Bright Futures
Bright Futures is a grass roots, community-based program that creates partnerships and utilizes community resources for the common goal of helping our kids and strengthening our families and community.
Early Warning!: Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
A report showing the effects of illiteracy entering fourth grade on high school dropout rates, America’s workforce, and the economy.
EdGap Map of ACT/SAT Scores
This map is a visualization of average high-school SAT and ACT scores, median household income, and other socioeconomic indicators.
NAACP Quality Education for All: Once School at a Time
A report created by the National Association for The Advancement of Colored People’s Quality Education Task Force promoting an action plan to save America’s public schools through quality education for all children.
Poverty and Education: Finding a Way Forward
In this report, information is provided that deals with issues such as home factors, food security, availability of health insurance and child care, and comparisons are made between poor and non-poor children.
Schooled Out of Poverty
An article written by Debra Viadero about one school’s fight against poverty by improving education.
U.S. Department of Education Title 1 Program
Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended provides financial assistance to local educational agencies and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.