Children's Literacy Initiative gets $21 million federal innovation grant
by Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 05 2010
Philadelphia-based Children's Literacy Initiativeis one of 49 winners of so-called i3 grants from the U.S. Department of Education, awarded to school districts and non-profit organizations to promote educational innovation.
CLI, as it is known, has worked for more than 20 years to train teachers, caregivers and child care workers to in how to create literature-rich environments and promote reading skills in the youngest children. Even before getting a foothold in the School District, it worked with the Philadelphia Housing Authority and individual child care providers, often grandmothers or informal neighborhood centers, to run workshops and
