gapgapn, 1: chasm, hole 2: lack of balance: disparity

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gap\gap\n, 1 chasm, hole 2 lack of balance
disparity
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Child Poverty in Wisconsin
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Third Grade Reading in Wisconsin
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Two Steps Forward One Step BackState Climate

• State Budget Deficit
• Caps on local school board spending
• Caps on teacher salaries
• Ongoing legislative struggles over funding
• Leave No Child Behind Law

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WCCF Involvement in Closing the Gap

• WisKids Count 1996 2001
• Special Report on Standardized Testing One Size
  Fits All?
• Better Badger Baby Bus Importance of early
  childhood experiences
• Legislative Advocacy SAGE, 4 yr old K,
  childcare
• School Readiness Indicators Project

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Children from low income families in the Madison
School District
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Percent of Children Proficient/Advanced on Third
Grade Reading Test
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Tools for Success

• Smaller Class Size SAGE program
• Teacher Training Cultural Competency
• Schools of Hope A community school
  partnership combining the United Way, WISC TV and
  the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Tools for Success cont.

• Reading Readiness skills training for preschool
  and kindergarten teachers
• Summer Reading Institute for students

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Wisconsin Council on Children and
Familieswww.wccf.org

• Martha Cranley
• mcranley_at_wccf.org