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• Boys & Girls Club program supports struggling students

  October 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 Billie McMahon struggled in the sixth grade because her math skills were stuck at the kindergarten level. But after she got involved in Be Great: Graduate, her arithmetic abilities shot … 2

• City of Spokane: Proposition 1

  October 12, 2010 in City Backers of the proposed Children’s Investment Fund want to attack Spokane’s dismal 29 percent high school dropout rate with a series of programs designed to promote early childhood education and … 2

• Children’s advocates optimistic about fund

  September 30, 2010 in City on Page A1 Supporters of Spokane’s proposed tax levy aimed at helping children stay in school are confident voters will say yes in November despite competing with multiple state initiatives that, if approved, … 8

• School dropout study urges early intervention

  August 18, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Gonzaga University study focused on dropout prevention starting in middle school suggests an early warning system for identifying potential dropouts, a bigger variety of academic opportunities and more rigor … 10

• Childhood learning tax qualifies for ballot

  July 20, 2010 in City on Page A5 A property tax to raise money for early childhood learning, abuse prevention, treatment and other programs to help lower the dropout rate will likely be on the ballot in November. 2

• Initiative backers submit signatures

  June 30, 2010 in City on Page A5 Advocates of a property tax that would raise money for early child learning, abuse prevention, treatment and other programs have submitted 12,641 signatures in support of placing the levy on …

• Children’s fund proponents turn in signatures

  June 29, 2010 in City Advocates of a Spokane-area property tax that would raise money for early-child learning, abuse prevention, treatment and other programs have submitted more than 12,600 signatures in support of placing the … 4

• Kids levy supporters hope for November

  April 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 Supporters hoping to put a Children’s Investment Fund levy on the ballot this summer are now eyeing November after failing to collect the needed 12,000 signatures. Organizers said a late … 1

• Spokane children’s levy backers look to later ballot

  April 20, 2010 in City Supporters hoping to put a Children’s Investment Fund levy on the ballot this summer are now eyeing November, after failing to collect the needed 12,000 signatures. 4

• New levy would fund Spokane dropout prevention

  April 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 There’s no one-word answer for why kids drop out of school. Health problems, a lack of parental support, homelessness, fear, lack of motivation or self-esteem, parents in jail or on … 28

• Communities in Schools director sees needs and tries to fill them

  March 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 Dropout prevention, bringing local resources into schools for students, and helping young people stay healthy are among Communities in Schools’ goals. The national nonprofit was drawn to Spokane because of … 18

• Levy would finance battle against Spokane high-school dropout rate

  February 21, 2010 in City on Page B1 A high school dropout can cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in social services, one study shows. Dropouts are 63 times more likely to be institutionalized and three times … 63

• Dropout rate prompts call for tax measure

  September 17, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane children’s advocates, concerned about societal problems stemming from Spokane’s high school dropout rate, hope voters will approve a citywide tax levy to keep young people in school and out …