The Case for Apartment Early Reading Skills Delivery

USA VALUES - CDP Phone 507-452-2658 or 651-375-3018
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The Case for Apartment Early Reading
Skills Delivery Focus

See the attached case discussion of why Early Reading Skills delivered is important to Business. We have short cut the definition of high quality Pre-K used in that presentation to Early Reading Skills (ERS) Delivered. This provides simplicity and a clear focus on first-things-first. The objective is to marry the interest of the apartment owners with the interest of delivering ERS because the value of the community is grounded in the value of the real estate used or avoided.
· Apartments could be the frontier for the delivery of ERS
· An Education focus drives property values; this is given
· Apartments are important in finding 100% of the at-risk age 3-6 children
· Working with the at-risk is working with the most significant trigger to grow value
o This holds for the nation, state, county, city workforce development/readiness
o development forces us to do this ethically at age 3-6.
o This is not new! It is now more important because shortages are predicted
o Shortages always produce values, but where will the values grow?
§ In the pocket of the speculator?
§ In the pocket of those with real assets and attributes?
The at-risk expect they will be exploited so a one-on-one giving of a true gift is the only process that will create value and asset building. The infusion of value (delivered Pre-K Early Reading Skills) specifically will increase the value of the property in close proximity. The same way the value is diminished with lack of actionable opportunity. Early Reading Skills delivered are actionable opportunities delivered.

We can prove that an apartment building full of mothers and caregivers focused on early reading skills delivery to all age 3-6 children will create better economics for the owner and inhabitants of the apartments. Society, the mothers, the children, the owners with this focus generate the following benefits:
· Higher demand for the space, attracting more ability to pay
· Higher morale, peace, joy and hope; with less vandalism and bullish behavior
· Higher retention and lower cost of turnover, vacancy and advertising
· Higher productivity because of the knowledge base with fewer complaints
· Higher productivity because of the focused personal work effort taking place
· Higher productivity because actionable opportunity becomes real possibility one-size-fits- one

If disadvantaged mothers knew the key to opportunity is simple early reading skills delivered; would they desire this, above all other choices, for their children? The more one is disadvantaged the more potential opportunity exists from these simple measures. Apartments are places to deliver the simple; on a no harm basis through adult mentors of the child with mothers watching the delivery, and reinforcing during the week.

100% ready-to-read starting kindergarten resets the possibilities of the public schools and this is a community thing that has waited in line for the economics of shortage to make it smart to be ethical. More importantly, effective citizens, business and everyone in a community with a future has a pay now or pay more later proposition/opportunity that is grounded in the value of the real estate used or avoided.

Tom Wolfgram

Who? When? -- what how and why

USA VALUES - CDP Phone 507-452-2658 or 651-735-3018
Character Development Program Fax 507-452-2202
102 Walnut Street http://www.usavalues-character.org/
Winona, Minnesota 55987 twolfgram@wcprinting.com
(A 501 (c) (3) company)

April 29, 2007

Dear Senator or Representative:

The following outlines of what, how, and why are too logical. Additionally, we respectfully need to know if not you? Who? And, if not now? When?

1. First thing first is too logical to ignore. 100% Proficiency at grade 3 requires proficiency at age 3, 4, 5 and 6 in at least literacy skills to start. At least 80% of those thinking will agree because it is simple, logical and a good start.

2. Keeping 100% of the kids on track in front of the curve of the learning that is possible starting at age 3 is just plain a requirement for our future. Age 3 is the only time we can actually use the phrase keeping 100% of the children on track. This would be a
monumental effort, as important as inoculations. 100% is important as a result but it has to be the goal before it can be the result. Government and Schools are not designed for 100% because it takes one size fits one giving outside of a rule book. So this will never be a government and school goal. It is always smart to know who can do what you cannot do yourself. Also, there are no limits to how the powerful collaborates, so there are no excuses.

3. Pre-K children are highly sensitive to ready to read skills deliveries and can understand age appropriate basic concepts of civility, opportunity, and achievement through stories. Delivering 100% of the children to kindergarten ready to read would prove our communities are effective and working in harmony with those who have the resources. Communities are responsible; 100% delivery would be a show of practical character.

An example of required innovation: The State and Federal Government has been sending education money (to Who?) for 40 years but can’t get the funds to the child who needs a one size fits one delivery to keep up with the practical learning that is possible. The learning gap is created before kindergarten with or without the state and federal money because skill delivery is not directed to the 100% from the bottoms up; as mentioned, governments and schools don’t do 100%; and the bulk of the federal money is directed to remedial efforts after grades 3-8 measure the gap.

Would it surprise the effective citizen that more money will not reach the at risk child? Forget the politics, this is not right. Where is the innovation and commitment.

We need to get simple, smart, and right to move this ball. What you propose to date will not get the job done. The ROI screams at you to lead the new money funding of at least Early Reading Skills to 100% of Age 3-6 Children.

Suggest an annual fund of new money for new deliveries of $175,000,000 be created from 1/3 citizens, 1/3 state and 1/3 federal money. Citizen funding from designated gifts, to support one size fits one commitments, so the whole increment has a chance to reach the most at risk in a one size fits one process. Let principals, pastors, and kindergarten teachers judge whether the children defined in a bottoms up process arrive to start kindergarten ready to read or not. At the age 3-6 start it is very local and very community based. Trust them! The local press will watch them. Let them judge the providers who deserve repeating opportunities to serve and give the gifts. Use your power to jumpstart the new private / public funding and the local efforts will generate the ROI.

Optional All Day Kindergarten is good. But it does little to capture the sensitive period to learning language for 100% of the at risk children before they start kindergarten. It does little to deliver even starts for the kindergarten teachers and ultimate public school funding. The 50% of the children who start ready to read or better really want to keep moving on the world based curve once they get to school. Parents are watching this very closely and might opt-out even faster in the future if the priority is not even starts.

This is a foundational issue, Raising taxes by 1 billion without getting first things first in place for the future is ….. Please add you own ending, or beginning, because you have the power. I gently invite you to think more deeply about how to put us more securely on the world curve of progress.

Outlines:
What This blog post dated 2-6-2007
How http://ulticharnetwork.blogspot.com/
Why This blog post dated 3-30-2007
Who http://ulticharnetwork.blogspot.com/
http://stpaulearlyreading.blogspot.com/
When The $200,000,000 new money question for the state?

Sincerely,

Thomas D. Wolfgram
Executive Director