Cruz, Christensen appointed to School Readiness Solutions Group

Dr. Josué Cruz Jr., dean of the College of Education and Human Development, and Kimberly Christensen, lecturer in the School of Intervention Services, have been appointed to the state Board of Education’s School Readiness Solutions Group.

The newly formed group, led by honorary federal chair Sen. George Voinovich, is charged with helping the state’s leaders rethink the rules, roles and relationships that define Ohio’s early-learning services and opportunities for children from birth to age 6.

The School Readiness Solutions Group’s directive is to provide recommendations for policy changes and action–in both the public and private sectors–that will lead to the development of a coherent, effective system of early learning that improves school readiness and promotes children’s long-term academic success. The group’s final report for the Ohio Board of Education, governor and members of the Ohio General Assembly will be completed in June 2006.