Earlier this month, a large group of Durham Tech students enthusiastically assembled nearly 300 Blast Off to Kindergarten Kits in support of the Partnership’s Transition to Kindergarten Initiative, a joint effort
Continue ReadingGuest blog by: Laura Benson, Executive Director of Durham’s Partnership for Children Earlier this month, I spent the morning in Katie Stockton’s kindergarten class at Maureen Joy Charter School. Ms.
Continue ReadingWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Hill was recently chosen as one of Triangle Business Journal‘s Health Care Heroes of 2014! We are proud to partner with him through our dental
Continue ReadingThe Partnership’s Week of the Young Child Poster Contest has begun! We had more than 200 children birth to age 5 enter the contest this year, and we continue to be amazed
Continue ReadingTo kick off Week of the Young Child (WOYC) and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Exchange Family Center is hosting the Pinwheels for Prevention Family Fun Day!The event will take place on Sunday,
Continue ReadingWe are excited to announce that Durham’s Partnership for Children has been chosen as a finalist for a Triangle Community Foundation’s What Matters Innovation Award! The $5,000 award will be presented
Continue ReadingThe first cohort of Durham Public Schools Pre-K teachers to be trained in the Incredible Years: Teacher Classroom Management (IY-TCM) Training celebrated their graduation from the program on Tuesday, March
Continue ReadingOur Senators will vote this week on S. 1086 to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), which was first enacted nearly 20 years ago. We know that
Continue ReadingThe Partnership is currently accepting artwork by children birth to age 5 as part of the upcoming Week of the Young Child (WOYC) celebration, April 6th-12th. Each year the National
Continue ReadingPresident Obama released his budget proposal for FY 2015 yesterday and reaffirmed his commitment to expanding high quality early education for all young children. The proposed budget calls for additional
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