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July 30, 2010
Heather Weiss, Director of Harvard University's Family Research Project, says that parents and schools need to rethink “family engagement” and emphasize the involvement of parents and grandparents in children’s education. She points to Avance as a model in Texas that’s doing this effectively by instructing parents how to be their child’s first teacher. See William McKenzie’s condensed interview, “Point Person: Our Q&A with Harvard’s Heather Weiss.”


May 16, 2010 
Kim Horner wrote an article in the Dallas Morning News, “Dallas-area services aim to help families prevent child abuse,” that spotlighted the Avance-Dallas Born Learning Program in Pleasant Grove, an intensified, two-year version of our core Parent-Child Education Program, funded in full by the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. 


April 16, 2010 
The editorial board of the Dallas Morning News posted an editorial, “Community Progress Starts with Parents,” and called on the Texas Legislature to increase funding for proven parent education programs like Avance-Dallas: 

“We also think it's time that Austin stepped up with more money for solid parenting programs, such as Avance. … The Legislature previously has put some money into this proven effort. As lawmakers prepare for a cash-strapped 2011 session, Avance and similar outreach programs belong higher on the agenda. It won't take hundreds of millions to make a difference with them.”


March 4, 2010
Press Release: We held our second annual Avance Reading Week on March 8–12, 2010. Nearly 600 excited Avance-Dallas moms walked into pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade public school classrooms and read to 10,267 children in five days, encouraging kids to love reading from an early age. 


November 12, 2009
The Dallas Morning News ran an article, written by Katherine Leal Unmuth, on the front page of the Metro section that discusses the critical importance of teaching Hispanic parents to provide an enriched learning environment in the home to their children. The article, “Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments,” featured Avance-Dallas as a premier model of effective parent-child education. 


October 11, 2009
The Zero to Five Funders’ Collaborative awarded Avance-Dallas a five-year grant to fully fund our Baby University Program at three sites in the high-need Bachman Lake region of Dallas. Robert Miller wrote a piece about the Collaborative’s new efforts titled,  “Dallas-area nonprofits target kindergartners’ language skills.”


November 2008 
The Zero to Three journal published an article co-authored by Jane M. Brotanek, Lisa Oglesby Rocha, and Glenn Flores, “Supporting Immigrant Family Strengths: Promoting Optimal Health, Health Care, and Child Development,” which features Avance-Dallas as a community-based program that successfully reduces disparities in Hispanic children’s health and development. 


April 2007
The Early Childhood Education Journal published an article that examines Avance-Dallas as a case study for effective outreach to at-risk Hispanic families, “Maternal Attitudes and Parent Education: How Immigrant Mothers Support Their Child’s Education Despite Their Own Low Levels of Education,” co-authored by Ana Schaller, Lisa Oglesby Rocha, and David Barshinger. 


April 21, 2007
Mercedes Olivera’s Dallas Morning News article, “Second-grader’s chess skills wow competitors,” highlights a handful of news items, including Avance-Dallas’s annual Toy-Making Competition. Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website. 


April 20, 2007
The Dallas Morning News article, “All-nighter promises nonstop fun,” featured the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library’s 25th anniversary celebration, in which Avance-Dallas participated. Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website. 


March 29, 2007
In “Long-term targets,” the Dallas Morning News editorial board says, “We need thousands of Avance-like programs. A modest start is to expand Avance’s work to reach more families and their children.” Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website. 


February 2007
In his Dallas Morning News editorial, “Advice for a man who would lead Texas,” columnist William McKenzie argues that Avance-Dallas’s “staff is on the front line of our demographic challenge, which is getting young Latino families involved in our schools.” Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website. 


January 13, 2007
Herb Booth’s full-length Dallas Morning News article, “Parents join their kids as pupils,” features Avance-Dallas and our work with the Hispanic population. Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website. 


November 24, 2006 
Gary Griffith highlights the Avance-Dallas Tenth-Year Anniversary in his Lakewood People article, “Lakewood Leader Helps At-risk Children.” 


July 6, 2003 
Columnist Steve Blow calls for spreading the critical educational message of Avance-Dallas in his Dallas Morning News editorial, “The best head start of all comes from one’s parents.” Available for purchase in online archives at the Dallas Morning News website.