JCB Institute for Learning and From The Heart International Educational Services decided to partner because, we realize that school communities are now faced with achievement issues in ways they never have been before. In both public and private institutions, access to quality instruction is not a guarantee for all children. Nevertheless, the overwhelming civic expectation is that children and youth grow to become productive citizens through the methodology of “schooling;” a context that should provide excellent opportunities for self-growth and intellectual development. In essence, “schooling” becomes a necessary pathway, next to “parenting” and “spirituality,” for American children to reach their maximum potential. However, the road to success can be unnecessarily arduous unless children participate in developmental experiences that include the guidance of highly motivated persons and well-structured comprehensive systems of academic and social support.
Background Information
On What “Drives Us”
We are aware that historically, American political and social conditions in public education have created a “mosaic of gaps.” This mosaic includes achievement gaps, expectations gaps, opportunity gaps, and income gaps. Within the last ten years the American achievement gap in Reading and Mathematics among minority (particularly, Latino and Black children) and majority children has been extensively researched; indicating the gaps steadily widening with many minority children leaving school undereducated (NAEP, 2009).
FTH and JCBIL exist to close gaps in academic achievement. In response to the research, we have constructed the foundation of our approach around a set of best practices that reflect the latest in academic research, what we have learned as professionals, and what we have gleaned from formal educational training programs as necessary criteria for highly effective schools.
“Johnny and Carolyn Brown Institute for Learning” and “From The Heart International Educational Services” are dedicated to closing gaps in academic achievement by providing comprehensive educational services that will transform schools into highly effective learning communities.