by Tami Barlow | Sep 12, 2018 | Education, Enrichment, Summer Enrichment
Once again, Charleston Promise Neighborhood’s empirically-validated summer program has succeeded in helping children improve their academic outcomes. Charleston Promise Neighborhood’s summer literacy program for children entering kindergarten through fifth grade...
by Tami Barlow | Jun 8, 2018 | Education
In today’s educational environment, schools, administrators and teachers are pressed to improve student test scores. When individual students act out, it diverts the focus of the teacher and can derail progress for the day. Behavioral specialists, sometimes...
by Tami Barlow | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
A capacity crowd of nearly 300 people filled the auditorium of the Charleston Museum on March 1 to witness another Social Studies Bowl, with five Title One schools in competition. With an emcee and scorekeeper from Historic Charleston Foundation dressed in colonial...
by Tami Barlow | Jan 19, 2018 | Community, Education, Parents
No one is more important to a child than their parent. Because children spend 70% of their time away from school, any effort to improve children’s academic performance must include and involve their parents. Research has demonstrated repeatedly and convincingly that...