Today’s jobs need higher level skills.
Yet 83% of low-income children aren’t reading proficiently in third grade…making them four times less likely to graduate from high school.
The U.S. will have more than 1.2 million job openings in STEM-related fields by 2018.
Yet less than one-third of elementary school students are considered to be either proficient or advanced in science.
Obesity costs business billions of dollars a year in increased health care and lost productivity.
Yet 21% of children 2-5 years old are already overweight or obese.

School success is the foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society as children enter the workplace.
School success is the foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society as children enter the workplace and become leaders in our communities.
Yet as many as 40% of U.S. children start school without the fundamental building blocks to learn.
It comes down to families.
Family environments are major predictors of intelligence and socio-emotional abilities…as well as crime, health and obesity.
Strengthening families from the inside out.
That’s Parents as Teachers.