Education
Latino families in Mecklenburg County value education – but don’t enroll in early education programs. Here’s why, and what we can do about it.
By Sarah Ostyn, The Early Action Project The research is clear: 90% of the brain develops before age 51. Experiences that occur during this period set the stage for everything that is to come, making early childhood an exciting and significant time in our lives. Children – especially immigrant children and those in low-income households2 […]
Report finds strengths, challenges in United Way’s Collective Impact initiative
Research by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute for United Way of Central Carolinas has found that almost 90 percent of at-risk Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students who took part in programs from 14 local United Way-funded agencies over three or more years graduated from high school. The research also found that at-risk students served by UWCC-funded agencies […]