The Apalac Countries are expanding their efforts to ensure that children are in the right start in their education.
Studies show that they attend a high quality pre-school school before kindergarten enhances well-being and economic results later in life, but most rural children do not have access to these types of centers or such programs as an initial start.
Catherine Miller, State Director of Western Virginia for Save the Children, said that rural communities leaders in Nicholas County have set up a local leadership committee to deal with the problem.
“Directly by educational specialists, healthcare providers, childcare providers,” Miller outlines. “We have included local self -care staff involved and only other people in the community.”
Rural childhood poverty can also impair the leakage gaps. Miller pointed out in some Counts in West Virginia, where the programs of children are being saved, the degree of poverty of the children is up to 38%. According to the National Rural Education Association, almost one of seven rural students is poverty, one in 15 lacks health insurance, and one in 10 has changed its stay in the last year.
Miller added that the Management Committee examines the main reasons for driving in early training.
“This will allow the group to study what moves the results of the kindergarten readiness that our schools see and to identify key areas of intervention,” Miller stressed.
Nick Carrington, Managing Director of Community impact on Save the Children, stressed rural children across the country, encounter system barriers to obtain a good education, especially very young children.
“The rural areas themselves have had insufficient resources in historical terms, with only 7% of philanthropic dollars going to rural places, representing more than 20% of the national population,” Carrington reports.
Federal data show that more than half of rural families with children under 5 live in a desert to raise children.
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Kentucky Apalacs are expanding their efforts to ensure that children are in the right start in education.
Studies show that they attend a high quality pre-school school before kindergarten to strengthen well-being and economic results later in life, but most rural children do not have access to centers or programs such as the main start
Alice Taylor, Kentucky State Director for “Save Children,” said communities in East Kentucky think outside the box, pointing to efforts in the Whitley County to create a reading room at a local shelter where children who do not have permanent homes still have access to a quiet learning space.
“A nice place for people and children staying there to relax, to read a book, to work on their homework, their education, in an environment similar to a home environment where they may be missing that in other aspects of their lives, Taylor outlined.
According to the National Rural Education Association, almost one of seven rural students is poverty, one in 15 lacks health insurance, and one in 10 has changed its stay in the previous 12 months.
In Perry Taylor County, he noted that the Community Guide Committee began a quick response after the flood in the summer of 2022, which helped the children return to the classrooms earlier than in the neighboring cities.
“They attribute the approach to the community and this management committee is already formed before the flood, which allows them to act faster,” Taylor explained.
Nick Carrington, Managing Director of Community Impact on Save The Children, said that rural children across the country face systemic barriers before receiving a good education, especially very young children.
“The rural areas themselves have had insufficient resources historically,” Carrington stressed. “Only 7% of philanthropic dollars go to rural places, which represent more than 20% of the national population.”
Federal data show that more than half of rural families with children under 5 live in a desert to raise children.
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As the month of black history continues, advocating groups in Ohio insist on policies that are beneficial for children of any origin. They emphasize the importance of leadership in the formation of public health and social programs that affect millions of young people.
The Reverend Dr. Starrski Wilson, the president and the CEO of the Children’s Protection Fund, said the latest executive orders for diversity, justice and inclusion would not discount education for education and health care for health.
“There is a rainbow of history that is longer than a four-year presidential cycle,” he said, “and there is a vision for our children, which is bigger than the White House.”
After school and summer programs, known as Freedom Schools across the country, use the uniquely designed CDF curriculum and storytelling to ensure that scientists of different origin are confirmed that their impact on the world is deep.
Reverend Dr. Marie Wolfe, CEO of CDF Schools Freedom Schools of Licking County, said that even when they began to prepare for a summer program, some families were already interested in recording. She explained the impact of the program.
“We welcome, of course, all scientists, all children, in the program, no matter what their experience is, their academic competence is, regardless of their ethnicity,” she said. “They see their differences as an advantage, not to the detriment. Each of them is valuable.”
Wolfe said that the promotion of education and diversity is as important in the suburban and rural areas of Ohio as in the cities.
When preparing for the summer program, they are hired for different roles. People can go to rcfreedomschool.org to apply or check the website of schools for the Freedom of Defense Fund for Children to find programs across the country.
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Olympia legislation would make school eating free for every student.
The Senate Bill 5352 will ensure that every student has access to a free breakfast and lunch, starting during the school year 2026. The state of Washington has already made progress in this effort, with 70% of students having access to free meals.
Senator Marcus Rickeli, D-Spokane, said 70% is the C-Minus class and wants schools to be “A-Plus” on the matter.
“We know they will learn and they can grow and play, and do it in a healthy way,” Richeli explained. “And by the way, there will be less interruptions in the classroom. We have no shame for lunch, which continues, and there is also a significant reduction in the administrative burden when each child has access to universal dishes.”
Rickeli pointed out that school nutrition for everyone was essentially reducing taxes for working families, noting that the student of a single mother who makes $ 19 an hour is currently not eligible for a free school. Organizations such as the American Cardiac Association support the measure. Critics said the program was too expensive, especially while the state faced a budget crisis.
Hannah Lamont, a fifth grade teacher in the Edmonds school neighborhood, said students could not focus when hungry. Lamont noted that this was the first year when all students in her class received free dishes.
“This is also the first year in which I have not heard a student say,” No, today I will not eat lunch because I have no money in my account and my parents cannot afford “Lamont said. “This is the first year in which I did not give a student my own lunch to be sure they ate or had to have snacks in their classroom to make sure my students were fed.”
Rickeli claims that the state is dealing with a strict budget, it still has to invest in schools. He stressed that he was tired of hearing about test results and the degree of graduation while the children were hungry at school.
“It’s just not achievable for many children,” Rickeli said. “They will be sufficient, they will be distracted if they do not have a proper meal. This seems like a major need and we have to deal with the first satisfaction of the basic needs of our children at school.”
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