{"id":454,"date":"2026-09-10T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developmentcorners.org\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:54:32","slug":"child-literacy-and-foundational-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/developmentcorners.org\/?page_id=454","title":{"rendered":"Child Literacy and Foundational Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"454\" class=\"elementor elementor-454\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94be987 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"94be987\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b498858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b498858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Progress built together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562ee46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"562ee46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Child Literacy and Foundational \n <span style=\"color: #F99906\">Learning<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936e514 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"936e514\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc8897 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-accordion\" data-id=\"6bc8897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n        <div class=\"elementskit-accordion accoedion-primary\" id=\"accordion-6ae1d9c7ef3d2\">\n\n            \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-0-6bc8897\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-bc228306ae1d9c7ef3d2\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" role=\"button\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-bc228306ae1d9c7ef3d2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-bc228306ae1d9c7ef3d2\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Child Literacy and Foundational Learning<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-down-arrow1\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-up-arrow\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-bc228306ae1d9c7ef3d2\" class=\" collapse\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-0-6bc8897\" data-parent=\"#accordion-6ae1d9c7ef3d2\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">Many children in underserved communities face barriers to accessing quality education and developing the foundational skills they need to succeed. 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