Building a Birth-to-College Approach to Public Education
The Ounce of Prevention Fund partnered with the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI) in 2009 to develop a birth-to-college pipeline for the children at our Educare school on Chicago's South Side.
Through this collaboration, Ounce and UEI teachers and leadership staff are exchanging knowledge and establishing best practices for aligning curricula, teaching strategies, assessment, and family engagement. Read about one Educare student who started kindergarten in fall 2010 at a UEI school.
By providing families with access to a seamless "birth-to-18" high-quality school experience for their children, this new strategic partnership allows the Ounce to explore longer-term, effective supports for at-risk children's learning.
The formation of this partnership, through the creation of a shared vision, mission, and goals, is outlined in the following materials. We hope that organizations with the desire to forge similar partnerships can learn from our experiences.
Ounce of Prevention Fund and UEI PartnershipIf you would like copies of the case study materials, please e-mail katelynsilva@uchicago.edu
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