{"id":8920,"date":"2018-01-23T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=8920"},"modified":"2018-01-21T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T22:37:09","slug":"feb-6-closing-the-gap-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/feb-6-closing-the-gap-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 6 &#8211; Closing the Gap in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 6,000-Hour Learning Gap:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Broadening Our Ideas About Where, When, and How Learning Happens<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Tuesday, February 6 at 9:30AM &#8211; 11AM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 100 Ann Edwards Ln, Mt Pleasant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SIGN UP HERE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ideasintoaction_learninggap.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\">https:\/\/<wbr \/>ideasintoaction_learninggap<wbr \/>.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By 6th grade, middle-income students have been exposed to about 6,000 hours more learning than their low-income counterparts. What if established Charleston nonprofits came together to offer a seamless learning environment for economically disadvantaged youth that connects opportunities across developmental stages, calendar time, and learning environments?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please join our next Ideas Into Action with four local organizations: College of Charleston&#8217;s Afterschool and Summer Learning Resource Center, Kids on Point, DistinguishedGentlemen&#8217;s Club, and C<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">harleston Hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They&#8217;ll share intentional, community-based efforts for supporting year-round learning that ultimately helps youth get and stay on a pathway to high school, college, and beyond though building close relationships with school\u2014or community\u2014based mentors and providing enrichment opportunities that build critical thinking, life, and career skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>GATHERING FOR GOOD:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Impact360 Summer Success<\/strong>, a Charleston collaborative of more than 15 established non-profits aiming to fill this crucial summer gap by participating in a six-week cross-sectorial educational and enrichment experience for 120 students in kindergarten through 12th grade at the College of Charleston this summer. We are coming together to bring a unique and exciting comprehensive program, designed specifically for each child&#8217;s learning, family, and related social issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To learn more bout the amazing organizations<br \/>\ninvolved in this collaboration, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.impact360charleston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Impact360Charleston.or<wbr \/>g<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SIGN UP FOR EVENT HERE:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ideasintoaction_learninggap.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/ideasintoaction_learninggap.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CAN&#8217;T MAKE THE EVENT?<br \/>\nYou can still help out\u00a0&#8211; DONATE HERE:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.impact360charleston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Impact360Charleston.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 6,000-Hour Learning Gap: Broadening Our Ideas About Where, When, and How Learning Happens Tuesday, February 6 at 9:30AM &#8211; 11AM 100<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/feb-6-closing-the-gap-in-education\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1600,"featured_media":8921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3,34,2,19,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8924,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920\/revisions\/8924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}