National PreK-3rd Grade Programs

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview

Thrive in 5 is committed to collaborating across the many sectors and programs that touch the lives of young children and families to ensure that children of all races, ethnicities, incomes, abilities and languages have the opportunities and support they need for success in school and beyond.
Thrive in 5 achieves its mission by partnering with families, early education and care providers, health providers, and other community organizations to build community capacity to support school readiness, strengthen the quality of services, expand and create new programs and initiatives to meet demand, and measure progress to ensure accountability so that each of our children enters kindergarten ready to succeed (from http://thrivein5boston.org/about/)

Documents

Thrive in 5: Boston's School Readiness Roadmap: Executive Summary
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Links

Thrive in 5: Boston's promise to its children
Click Here or http://thrivein5boston.org/

News

Getting Boston pre-schoolers to thrive in five
Click Here, The Boston Globe, by Jane E. Tewksbury and Donna Haig Friedman, July 24, 2013

How Boston’s preschools went from mediocre to outstanding
Click Here, The Seattle Times, by Linda Shaw, January 30, 2014

Presentations

Massachusetts Department of Early Care and Education Alignment Study
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Preventing The Achievement Gap: Ready Kids, Ready Families, Ready Communities, Ready Schools
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Videos

Thrive in 5 Parents Group
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