Cisco Foundation Donates $75,000 to Accelerate Literacy and Numeracy Gains In Oakland
By Chelsea Boniak | June 13, 2024
Community Impact Grant Contributes to Circle of Care Services for Children in Oakland Schools
The Cisco Foundation Community Impact Grant Program will accelerate children’s literacy and math skills, providing them a fairer chance to succeed in elementary school and beyond.
Children Rising is pleased to be the recipient of a generous grant from Cisco Foundation’s San Francisco Bay Area Community Impact Grant Program. The $75,000 award marks the fourth year that Cisco has supported Children Rising’s one-on-one tutoring and family support programs, addressing low childhood literacy and numeracy in under-resourced, Title 1 elementary schools in Oakland.
Accelerating Literacy and Numeracy Gains In Oakland
Education is critical to a child’s future prosperity. Children who learn to read and understand foundational math skills by third grade are far more likely to succeed in middle school, graduate from high school, and enjoy a fuller, safer, more prosperous life. Many elementary school children in Oakland, primarily Black and Latino, experience the devastating effects of severe educational inequity. Without literacy and numeracy gains, a disproportionate number will fail to succeed in school and drop out before graduating high school.
Will you complete HER Circle of Care?
Through one-on-one reading and math tutoring, and family support, you will nurture an eager child in a circle of care so they may succeed in school.
Will you complete HER Circle of Care?
Through one-on-one reading and math tutoring, and family support, you will nurture an eager child in a circle of care so they may succeed in school.
Grant Supports High-dosage Tutoring and Family Engagement
The Cisco Foundation’s Bay Area Community Impact Grant program’s mission is to close the education achievement gap for low-income kindergarten through fifth-grade students in the Bay Area.
“Thank you for your important work to help close the educational achievement gap for students in the Bay Area. It has been a sincere joy working with you and your team,” said Hoa Tran, program manager, Social Innovation Investments, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Your support, as well as that of amazing foundations like Cisco Foundation, will enable many more children to become active, confident learners and thrive in school instead of dropping out.
Through the grant, Children Rising will enhance Succeeding by Reading, Path2Math, and FamilyBridge programming to provide higher dosage levels of tutoring to each child in the program while enabling parents and guardians to provide more confident and enhanced academic support at home. The result of this enhanced learning approach will allow young elementary school students to prepare for more advanced learning in fifth grade, middle school, and beyond. They will have a much more equitable chance of success throughout their school years.
By strengthening the team supporting these amazing children of Oakland—parents, teachers, and tutors—many more children will become active, confident learners and thrive in school instead of dropping out.
Thanks to the Cisco Foundation. We are grateful to once again be part of the San Francisco Bay Area Community Impact Grant Program, and to work together to empower children and families in our community.
