NEFEC's Early Reading First project REACH featured in documentary

Emily Hanford from American RadioWorks, public radio's largest documentary production unit, visited River Breeze Elementary School in Palatka, FL during the 2008-09 school year to look at an exceptional preschool program for children at risk. The documentary she created, entitled Early Lessons, takes a look back to the Perry Preschool Project in 1962 and the impact it had on impoverished African-American children who attended the program.

She jumps to the present and highlights the efforts of NEFEC’s Early Reading First project REACH:

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Early Lessons Radio Program

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We are making a difference in the lives of children who are at risk of failing in school!