Check this paper out delivered by East Coast Economist, James J. Heckman from the Department of Economics at The University of Chicago. Although we know the current hype centers around President Obama’s focus – it does not lessen the importance of the message. Read Now
One of the Stepping Stone Blog Categories is “True Stories”. If you click on the link here, you will be directed to a list of ALL our blog-published True Stories over the past two years. Enjoy!!
Of course early childhood development is in the new…whether you wish to fund publicly or privately or all of the above, high quality programs are a great investment for any community. See: Why Early Childhood?
Dear Readers, Please check out this new website and the video on its home page (scroll down a bit to find it). Yet another clarion call for action to provide high quality resources for our youngest–which A Stepping Stone has been doing for the past 22 years! Please watch, and let me know what you…Continued
I recently received a link to a new TED talk by PhD Economist, Dr. Timothy Bartik. Thanks to former Board President Judge Maurice Portley for sending the link to me. I had not yet seen this particular and powerful argument for funding programs like ours. Please click on the following link to watch this 16 minute…Continued
Please take a look at the National Center for Family Literacy’s fact sheet for Media. Excellent food for thought. Remember; “They Talk About it; WE DO IT!” http://www.famlit.org/media-resources/statistics/
We are so very grateful to you and all our AZ Givers for donating to our children and their families through Arizona Gives Day on Wednesday of this week. As of the writing of this letter, we are in the running for prize money. If that is figured into what you, our amazing donors have…Continued
A Stepping Stone Foundation is asking for your help! On March 20th Arizona Gives Day will help nonprofits across the State of Arizona raise funds for their good work in your community. You can donate any time, but please try to donate between noon and 1:00 PM ARIZONA TIME on the 20th, so we can concentrate our efforts…Continued
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