Cradle to Career is excited to announce our November 1 symposium, Pathways to Success: Investing in Workforce Development Cradle to Career, open to the community. We are bringing in nationally recognized speakers on this critical issue for our community. We will share updates from our focus on Kindergarten Readiness for Read more…
Cradle to Career Alliance among honorees at PWArchitects 40th Anniversary Celebration. PWArchitects, Inc. is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this month with an event that will benefit three youth-based organizations in our community. Please join us as we celebrate the past, look to the future, and honor our featured guests: Great Read more…
Thanks to KOMU for sharing info on our exciting Pritzker partnership with Boone County!
Our organizations are working together to learn about early childhood learning opportunities and income mobility from families in our community. We know that parents are children’s most powerful advocates and first teachers. Therefore we want to learn about local families’ experiences with accessing affordable, quality care for their children, along Read more…
Through a partnership with Boone County, Cradle to Career Alliance is one of 8 counties and 29 communities selected by leading national organizations to be awarded a planning grant spearheaded by the Pritzker Family Foundation. The goal for funding is to increase Kindergarten Readiness through Prenatal to Age 3 interventions Read more…
That’s right! For those of you wondering what we’re up to…. Complete with all the tidbits, snacks and updates regarding work to increase educational equity within our community. If you haven’t already done so, feel free to contact us with your interest in receiving our quarterly newsletter, or email us Read more…
Solutions tailored to local needs…. Findings from the 2017 Cradle to Career Alliance baseline report showed increasingly large disparities for low-income and African American students across each educational milestone, peaking in sixth grade for both English Language Arts and Math by over 50% at Columbia Public Schools. Focusing on prevention, Read more…
Cradle to Career welcomes Dr. Kevin McDonald and Dr. Adrian Clifton to our board! Kevin McDonald is the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for the University of Missouri System, and the Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity for the University of Missouri-Columbia. As a diversity and inclusion professional, Read more…
The Columbia Business Times featured an article about the Cradle to Career Alliance demonstrating the long term impact of investments in early childhood education. http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/2016/07/27/get-them-ready/
The Columbia Missourian features kindergarten readiness criteria developed by the Cradle to Career’s Early Childhood Collaborative Action Network. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/k12_education/list-of-milestones-meant-to-get-boone-county-kids-ready/article_35a73b8e-4d01-11e6-a9dc-ef0617db1a0c.html