What Communities Can Do
Here are some ideas for improving school success for your children. Send us a note to recommend the resources you find useful.
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- Provide out-of-school programs and activities that offer enriching experiences. See the Aftershool Alliance's After School Action Kit (English and Spanish) or Communities in Schools After Schools Program Toolkit.
- Start a mentoring program. Find out how with the Mentoring Partnership's Training Institute.
- Start a tutoring or literacy program. See the NW Regional Educational Lab's Program Start Up, the National Institute for Literacy's Childhood (K-3) Resources and the government publication, Simple things Community, Cultural and Religious Organizations Can Do to Help.
- Find out how to promote literacy in child-care programs.
- Find out what you can do to overcome the challenges that low-income students face in preparing for and paying for college with Breaking through the Barriers to College (PDF).
