Parent-Child Education
The core of our educational impact is our
Parent-Child Education Program. Through this program:
• Low-income children receive the early foundation
they need from birth to age 3 that prepares them for success in school
• Low-income parents get equipped to become their
child’s first teacher starting at birth
• Children find a dedicated educational partner in
their parents from birth to graduation
• Parents learn to take leadership by promoting
education in their low-income communities
• 1,200 children and 1,000 parents in 33 Dallas
County communities in three school districts advance in education together each
year
• Avance-Dallas
child graduates are outperforming the Dallas ISD peers on state standardized testing
Our Parent-Child Education Program is the heart of Avance-Dallas. Through this model,
parents are transforming their homes into lifelong learning labs, and at-risk
children are beating the odds against them in school.
Avance-Dallas
is tangibly advancing children and parents together today.
“The teachers at Avance-Dallas
told me that I should read to my baby at least three times a week. At first I
felt silly reading to a little baby; now a year later it has become our special
time. She comes over to me with a book in her hand and says ‘book, Mommy,
book.’ My son didn’t start talking until he was almost three. I realize now
that it’s because I hardly ever spoke to him and never read to him. At 18
months, my daughter talks all the time. She is much more curious and will be
much better prepared when she goes to school.”
~ Maria Laura, Avance-Dallas
mother
"I very quickly learned how to read because Avance told my mom she should read to me
a lot. She read to me every day, and I wanted to learn how. Now my mom says
that I eat books because I read all the time. I’m going to go to a magnet
school for my second year at Sydney Lanier. I want you to understand that part
of my grades is because of Avance.
They told me things to help me read (which helped a lot!) and encouraged me to
learn. My mommy advanced with me, and my daddy did too. Avance is my heart!”
~ Andrea Roman, Avance-Dallas
child graduate