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From the Director
Mike Carnathan, who manages research and analytics at the Atlanta Regional Commission, has been traveling across the state urging community leaders to become data detectives as they work to support children’s language and literacy development.
Our updated interactive PolicyMap data tool can help us all become better data detectives. This resource provides statewide data on socioeconomic and school-focused variables at the neighborhood, zip code, county, school district, and school level.
Updates include information on per-pupil expenditures, early childhood programs, chronic absenteeism, and more. You can add neighborhood context to early learning and K – 12 data, which expands your ability to analyze and diagnose community challenges. It also helps you test hypotheses and drill down to ask more focused questions about our communities, providing context and clues about what it takes to support birth through third-grade reading proficiency.
With gratitude,
Arianne
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#GetGAReading this Month
Please share this post on your own social media platforms this month.
  The #GetGAReading interactive PolicyMap helps you support children’s language and literacy development by generating reports for specific geographic boundaries, detailing data on schools, Quality Rated early learning centers, and neighborhood-level statistics. Find your data! http://bit.ly/2JsvxIz
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MEET THE CABINET
 The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) is committed to increasing access to books and educational opportunities for children and families. In recent years, more than 100 libraries across the state have hosted summer meal programs, providing children with nutritious meals and literacy programming when school isn’t in session. This past summer, GPLS launched eRead Kids, a new digital library with nearly 15,000 electronic and audio books, ensuring access to books wherever children go. Learn More
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LITERACY LEADER SPOTLIGHT
 Janet Adams, Atlanta Fulton Family Connection coordinator, brings together unlikely partners and aligns projects, programs, systems, and funding to impact neighborhoods that have experienced systematic disinvestment in South Atlanta and South Fulton County. One project includes working with parents and partners to increase the number of Quality-Rated early learning centers. Additionally, over 400 parents have participated in engagement and education events.
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 Teacher SEE-KS to Make a World of Difference
When it comes to professional development, veteran educator Amy Kiser has seen it all. When she joined the SEE-KS (Social Emotional Engagement—Knowledge and Skills) core team at Mountain View Elementary School in Gilmer County, Kiser went to the training expecting business as usual. She left with a changed philosophy on teaching. Small changes led to big results in the classroom.
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 Atlanta’s Freedom Schools—Where Learning Feels Like Love
The Get Georgia Reading Campaign supported the expansion of the Emmaus House’s Freedom Schools program over the summer months to combat the “summer slide” for at-risk children. This past summer, 96 percent of students tested maintained or increased their academic reading level. Those students entered school this fall prepared to learn, without having to catch up from the summer slide. Find out how.
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 Cook County Family Connection Enlists a Loblolly Pine to Promote Literacy
When Cook County Family Connection Executive Director Zoe Meyers heard the story, Forever Loblolly, she knew just what to do with a project grant her Collaborative received from the Georgia Council for the Arts. She organized Loblolly Day to combine art and literacy for Cook County kids. Find out more about the celebration.
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Check out highlights from Loblolly Day in Cook County.
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 Get Georgia Reading Campaign Envisions Pathway Beyond 2020
The Beyond 2020 Get Georgia Reading Summit brought together a unique cross-section of community leaders and statewide decision-makers to stimulate innovative, scalable solutions that will create the conditions essential for all children to become proficient readers by the end of third grade. Check out some key takeaways from the event.
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Eight Things to Remember about Child Development
Recent advances in the science of early childhood development and its underlying biology provide a deeper understanding that can inform and improve existing policy and practice, as well as help generate new ways of thinking about solutions. The Center on the Developing Child sets the record straight about some aspects of early child development with this list found in the From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts report.
Chronic Absence: Busting Myths and Improving Responses
Chronic absence, an early warning sign of disengagement, can put students at academic risk. Standing in the way of addressing chronic absence are three harmful myths that can be counteracted by using evidence-based approaches grounded in the seminal body of knowledge known as the conditions for learning. A safe, supportive, and engaging environment for learning buffers against widespread chronic absence—and educators can help promote it.
Providence Talks Expands
Five cities have been selected to replicate Providence Talks, one of the first early language initiatives implemented at the municipal level, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Researchers found that the program helps families increase brain-building, back-and-forth conversations. Providence Talks uses LENA “talk pedometer” technology in home visiting, playgroups, and professional development to help increase the quality of children’s language environments. Download the 14 Talking Tips, a shareable resource for parents and teachers.
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GLR Learning Tuesdays Webinars
Nov. 19, Dec. 3, Dec. 10, and Dec. 17; 3 p.m.
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (GLR) recently launched a series of online learning events for the GLR Network. This series will help lift up the best science, ideas, and programs to inform local efforts. Upcoming topics include understanding the benefits of dual language learning and nurturing strong relationships between parents and teachers. Register Now
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We Want to Hear From You
Our partners are the heroes in this work, and we want to help connect you with each other and with resources that can help you get even greater results. And we want to hear more stories. Please share yours with us so we can post it to getgeorgiareading.org. Send your stories—or any questions about the Campaign—to Arianne Weldon at arianne@gafcp.org.
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