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Annie E. Casey
Foundation Campaign for 3rd Grade Reading Highlights CLI as a Successful
Organization

Extreme Makeover: Classroom Edition could be the new theme of Chicago’s
Lázaro Cárdenas Elementary School. Unlike the show, however, no cameras are
rolling when the school’s principal and five third-grade teachers
enthusiastically organize and rearrange classrooms...

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Innovation That
Delivers: i3 at Work

Innovation That Delivers: i3 at Work,
presented by Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI), was held on June 29, 2011
in Newark, NJ.  This national meeting came at the conclusion of the first
year of CLI’s...

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CLI Places 3rd in Wells
Fargo’s “Vote for your Favorite Philadelphia Charity”

CLI would like to thank Wells Fargo and everyone who voted for us.
Wells Fargo distributed voting ballots to their Philadelphia clients with CLI
listed as a voting option. CLI placed 3rd out of the other Philadelphia
charities listed on the ballot and received a donation of $15,000.
Thank...

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Children's Book
Recommendations & Video - Weather

Now that the seasons are changing, the weather often becomes
unpredictable.  Take this opportunity to build on children’s natural
curiosity to read books about the weather.   Remember when
introducing new concepts it is important to make connections to prior
knowledge and...

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Children's Literacy
Initiative Featured in The Pew Charitable Trusts 2011 Prospectus

In some of the region’s poorest neighborhoods, only one in three children
learns to read by the third grade. The Children’s Literacy Initiative is one
of 19 organizations receiving Pew Fund support to help children develop the
skills needed to succeed in school. In its early years,...

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Children's Literacy
Initiative Featured in the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal

Founded in 1988 by Linda Katz and Pat Federman, the Children’s Literacy
Initiative (CLI) began as a book fair for the general public. After hearing a
North Philadelphia father express his desire to begin reading regularly to his
four-year-old, Linda saw the need to address the literacy
gap...

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CLI Participates in the
Annie E. Casey Foundation’s “Inaugural Funders’ Network Gathering”

Last week, CLI’s Executive Director Linda Katz participated in the Annie E.
Casey Foundation’s “Inaugural Funders’ Network Gathering” for the Foundation’s
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.

Mobilizing philanthropic leadership around moving the needle
on...

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Inquirer Article About
the Effectiveness of CLI's Programs

Giving 3rd graders the reading habit
Teaching program is being tried in
10 Phila. schools.

Good teachers are developed, not identified.

By Dan
Hardy
Inquirer Staff Writer

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Spring Book
Recommendations & Video

As the weather warms and thoughts turn to spring, it is the perfect time to
introduce gardening books to your children.  Whether fiction or
nonfiction, children will be inspired by these titles to explore the world
around them.  The Curious Garden and The
Gardener...

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