by COFI Admin | Sep 1, 2011 | Early Learning Campaign, Elementary Justice
On September 7, 2011, new CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, Jean-Claude Brizard came to COFI for a special meeting with POWER-PAC leaders. Parent leaders from 8 different Chicago communities shared their concerns and recommendations around improving school...
by COFI Admin | Apr 1, 2010 | Early Learning Campaign
POWER-PAC’s Early Learning Campaign is about low income children of color having access to good preschool programs. Parents conducted thousands of interviews with families and, as reported in Why Isn’t Johnny in Preschool, we learned that transportation can be a...
by COFI Admin | Mar 1, 2010 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
COFI was the 2010 national recipient of the Leo P. Chall Award for outstanding work to promote the enrollment of low-income children in quality early education programs. This award, funded out of an endowment at the Sociological Initiatives Foundation in Boston,...
by COFI Admin | Jun 1, 2009 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
The New America Foundation, an influential national public policy institute, features “Why Johnny Can’t Read” in their coverage and analysis of early childhood education. POWER-PAC and COFI are working hard to ensure that the voices of grassroots...
by COFI Admin | May 1, 2009 | Early Learning Campaign, POWER-PAC IL
5000 Parent-to-Parent Interviews Uncover Barriers to Access Low-income African American and Latina mothers and grandmothers, members of the citywide organizing group POWER-PAC, went door-to-door in 19 low- and moderate-income communities over the past two years and...
by COFI Admin | Dec 1, 2008 | Early Learning Campaign
On a snowy morning in December, POWER-PAC hosted more than 50 parents and grandparents at a Town Hall meeting on our campaign to improve access for low-income families of color to quality preschool programs. Read Organizers Expand Preschool Access Campaign Citywide....
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