“WE CAN NOT ALWAYS BUILD THE FUTURE FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT WE CAN BUILD OUR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE.”
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt) 

“INVESTMENTS IN HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF RETURN OF ANY SOCIAL INVESTMENT.”
(James Heckman, University of Chicago, Economist and Nobel Laureate)

"RAISING A READER” IS BASED ON THE BEST RESEARCH ON EARLY READING. THE PROGRAM REACHES INTO THE HOME TO HELP PARENTS CREATE THE LITERACY-RICH ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN RESEARCH TO FOSTER HIGH LEVELS OF LITERACY SKILLS."
(Professor Deborah Stipek, Dean, Stanford University School of Education)