Jenna Conway, Virginia’s first Chief Readiness Officer
(Credit Sandy Hausman)
A statewide study found forty percent of Virginia’s 5-year-olds were not ready for kindergarten.
The governor – a pediatric neurologist – and his wife– a teacher– knew some of those kids would fall behind in school and never catch up.
That’s why they hired a chief school readiness officer and launched a 10 million-dollar program to study and fix the problem.
Sandy Hausman has that story.
Virginia Public Radio 