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The Center for Early Learning at Silicon Valley Community Foundation has worked to make high-quality early learning a priority since 2014.
The Center conducts research, convenes community leaders and advocates for change to ensure that young children have access to early learning opportunities and develop in healthy ways. The Center's work is focused in these main areas:
Strategic initiatives
The Big Lift is a collective impact collaborative led by the three agencies – the Center for Early Learning, the San Mateo County Office of Education and the County of San Mateo – that are partnering with dozens of county leaders and community-based organizations to close the achievement gap and improve third-grade reading proficiency in San Mateo County. Contact Andrea Jones, initiative officer for The Big Lift, for more information. |