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06/21/10 - Video
Sec. Duncan Address to Graduates of the 2010 CDF Freedom Schools® National Training
U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, makes a personal address to graduates of the 2010 CDF Freedom Schools® Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute week long National Training.
06/18/10 - Video
Speaking for Children: Teaching Children Math, Part 5
In this last segment in a series of five focused on math and early childhood development, Dr. Cathy Grace discusses how parents and caregivers can begin teaching basic math concepts to children and help them develop fractional comprehension and a mathematical vocabulary which will serve them as they enter their formative school years.
06/11/10 - Video
Speaking for Children: Teaching Children Math, Part 4
In this fourth segment in a series of five focused on math and early childhood development, Dr. Cathy Grace discusses how parents and caregivers can begin teaching basic math concepts to children by actively engaging them through interactive lessons at the grocery store.
05/27/10 - Video
Speaking for Children: Teaching Children Math, Part 3
In this third segment in a series of five focused on math and early childhood development, Dr. Cathy Grace discusses how parents and caregivers can begin teaching basic math and one-to-one correspondence to preschoolers using simple household objects.
05/20/10 - Video
Speaking for Children: Teaching Children Math, Part 2
A recent study indicates America’s students have fallen behind their international peers in math skills and testing. In this second segment in a series of five focused on math and early childhood development, Dr. Cathy Grace discusses how parents and caregivers can begin teaching basic geometry to children at an early age while traveling by using road signs.
05/10/10 - Photo
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Visits CDF Freedom Schools® site in New Orleans
A slideshow of photos from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's visit to a CDF Freedom Schools® site in New Orleans.
05/08/10 - Video
Secretary Duncan Visits CDF Freedom Schools® site in New Orleans
One in 50 teachers today are African-American males. In an effort to raise awareness and increase minorities’ involvement in schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited a CDF Freedom Schools® site in New Orleans last week to moderate a roundtable of black and Latino young adults who after serving as interns at a CDF Freedom Schools ® site in their local communities went on to become teachers.
05/06/10 - Video
Speaking for Children: Teaching Children Math, Part 1
A recent study indicates America’s students have fallen behind their international peers in math skills and testing. In this first segment in a series of five focused on math and early childhood development, Dr. Cathy Grace discusses how parents and caregivers can begin teaching math to children at an early age using simple household tasks.
04/30/10 - Video
Maggie Williams introduces Dr. Dorothy Height, September 1994
Maggie Williams, former chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, talks about her relationship and admiration for the late Dr. Dorothy Height during the opening weekend of the CDF Haley Farm in September 1994.
04/29/10 - Photo
2010 Dallas Beat the Odds® Awards Luncheon
On April 14, 2010, CDF-Texas hosted its first ever Beat the Odds scholarship awards in Dallas at the Tower Club honoring extraordinary youth in the Dallas area. View photos of the VIP reception.
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