Priorities & Strategy Teams
School Success
Newton READS
DECAL Peer Support Network
Family Literacy
Adult Literacy
Community Capacity
Hands On Newton
2020 Census Complete Count Committee
Academic Community Engagement (ACE)
Benchmarks
Increase 3rd grade students achieving Proficient Learner or above on Milestones ELA assessment from 36.4% in 2018 to 40% in 2019.
Increase Centers and family child care homes rated in Quality Rated from 27% in 2018 to 30% in 2019
Increase children enrolled in the Georgia PreK program from low-income families from 59.9% in 2018 to 65% in 2019.
Decrease children living in poverty from 20.1% in 2017 to 18% in 2018.
Want to know why childhood literacy is important?
Check out this video of Wenona Clark Belton, associate court judge for the Juvenile Court of Fulton County, who discusses the consequences of the school to prison pipeline.