During a recent visit to Hampton Roads, Gov. Glenn Youngkin highlighted the work of a new, innovative learning facility whose mission is to elevate early education.
“Schools like the New E3 School and their innovative curriculum are making a huge difference,” Youngkin told a small crowd gathered at the school.
It is a difference that Virginia’s First Lady Suzanne Youngkin said is critical. Â
“Over half of our Virginia students in K through second grade are at moderate to high risk for reading difficulties,” Mrs. Youngkin said.
Lisa Robertson, wife of Tim Robertson and daughter-in-law of CBN founder Pat Robertson, dedicated her life to making a difference and helped create a school working to improve those numbers.
Since it opened in 2014, the New E3 school reports that during the 2022/2023 school year CLASS scores exceeded those from other Virginia classrooms.
Co-founder and President Lisa Howard credits Robertson’s involvement for that achievement. “She was instrumental in our success, and she was such a believer on how important the first eight years are of a child’s life, and that if we could give them a strong foundation, that they would be off and running,” Howard told CBN News.
“It really gave me a
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