What is the Partnership's mission? To promote children's learning through the development of family-school community partnerships.

Who are the Partners for Learning? Thousands of family, school, community, employer and religious groups comprise the Partnership. They have come together to support student learning to high standards. These Partners represent a growing grassroots movement across this country organized into four areas:

• "Family-School Partners for Learning" support school-home partnerships where communication and mutual responsibility for children's learning to high standards are key.

• "Employers for Learning" adopt family-and-student-friendly business practices, such as providing leave to attend parent conferences and volunteer in school, providing parent training and child care, and working with neighborhood schools.

• "Community/Cultural Organizations for Learning" support learning communities through organized before- and after-school and summer activities. They volunteer in the schools, help to make streets safe for children, and support supervised recreational activities.

• "Religious Organizations for Learning" provide parent education programs and reading tutoring programs for children, sponsor cultural programs, make their buildings available for organized activities and support out-of-school learning.

What are activities that the Partnership supports? As the Partnership grows, special projects support family involvement and student learning across communities:

• READ*WRITE*NOW!, an intensive summer component to the America Reads Challenge, encourages children's reading and writing with a reading partner 30 minutes a day.

• America Goes Back to School: Answering the President's Call to Action encourages every American to go back to school each fall to share their talents and experiences. Taking the challenge means addressing local educational concerns on a continuous basis and making a year-long commitment to learning.

• Getting Ready for College Early, an initiative to encourage all students to take courses they need to enter college and to inform parents of the sequence of courses their child needs to take, as well as the financial planning involved. To be launched in winter 1998.