FLAGS - Family Literacy Alliance of Greater Syracuse

4th Grade Reading Scores Soar in City Schools and Statewide
The New York Times
The number of fourth graders reading and writing at grade level in New York State surged this year, propelled by striking gains in four large urban districts, including New York City's, where Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg trumpeted the results as an election-year affirmation of his stewardship of the public schools.

How Almost Everyone in Kerala Learned to Read
The Christian Science Monitor
Education in Kerala represents a success story that many nations might wish to emulate. Kerala, located in the southern tip of India, is an agrarian state with a per capita income of only $265. Yet its literacy rate of 91 percent puts it closer to the United States than to any other Indian state.

From The Foundation for Child Development -

Pre-K Students Expelled at More Than Three Times the Rate of K-12
Pre-K students are expelled at a rate more than three times that of children in grades K-12, according to the first national survey of prekindergarten teachers. Authored by Yale Child Study Center researcher Walter S. Gilliam, the study, "Pre-kindergartens Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems," reports on expulsion rates by program setting (public school, Head Start, private providers), gender, and race/ethnicity. It also presents expulsion data from all 40 states that fund prekindergarten programs.

From the Post-Standard -

The Learning Place Turns 15

From The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools –

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools -- Foundation for Learning:
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools has announced funding for programs to help children become ready for school.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops312.asp

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