title: Outcomes of the Saturday School: a church-based approach to enhance achievement in reading & mathematics.
abstract: Excellence in reading and math enable children entry to all of the professions. This is especially true for the nursing profession. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide background information on the national crisis in reading and math achievement among school children, present the methodology of the Saturday School church-based approach to enhance reading and math skills, and the seven year outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Saturday School, College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73117-0901, USA. kay-edwards@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Karethy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Boyze
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ham
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002835:Christianity; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education*; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011932:Reading; D014481:United States