Excerpt from the SouthtownStar, from Dec. 1, 2011,
updated Dec. 2, 2011
By Jessica Tobacman
"It wasn’t long after Wanikka Vance moved to the Chicago area that the teacher came to the conclusion that her former students in Mississippi read at a more advanced level than her new ones.
She wondered why, and decided high expectations had a lot to do with higher achievement. Now Vance is going to try to do more to raise expectations. She has founded Foundations 4 AdVANCEment Juniorversity, an academic center for children from age 3 to third grade." (read more)
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