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PNC Foundation Case Study

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In Trenton New Jersey the PNC Foundation is trying to build children’s education. “Children from low income families hear as many as 30 million fewer words than their more affluent peers by age 3” (Rojas).The PNC Foundation is trying easier ways to help children with there education. For example, the organization brings children to museums. “The museum concludes story time groups, actives and learning sessions to teach kids how to talk and read” (Rojas). Also this program is trying to get families more involved with helping their children’s education. The families can help their kids with the lesson they were taught, or parents can play and communicate with their kids. The PNC Foundation wants teachers to teach the students challenging vocabulary

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