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Help our children read well and independently
by the end of the third grade
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Become a reading tutor to a child in your community. |
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Volunteer in an after-school or summer reading program. Encourage business and community support for these programs. |
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Develop a monthly program at your community center, school or library in which senior citizens and grandparents discuss their lives and experiences. Children can learn from these oral histories. |
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Be supportive of school, community, and state efforts to meet high academic reading standards. |
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Help our children learn to meet high math and science standards and take challenging math and science courses
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Talk with students and parents about how you use math in your work and life. |
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Become a math tutor to a child in your community. |
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Organize a family math night, a math or science club or a job shadowing program to support math learning outside the classroom. |
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Support school, community and state efforts to set and meet high math and science standards. |
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Help our children start early to prepare for college and careers
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Talk to students about your job and the education needed to be successful in a career. |
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Help set up a work-study internship or school-to-career program at your workplace that would let students learn about careers even before they leave high school. |
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Encourage your employer to ask to see high school and/or college transcripts before they hire new employees. |
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Support local community after-school and summer programs that provide help with homework and college preparation. |
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Encourage individual students regularly by helping them set life and college or career goals. |
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