Rahm Emanuel. Photo Source: Chicago Mayor's Office Facebook page
Rahm Emanuel.
Photo Source: Chicago Mayor’s Office Facebook page

“Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Public Library (CPL) today announced a mobile early learning program to deliver early learning enrichment opportunities in neighborhoods where children can benefit from additional enrichment experiences. The services will be delivered on-site at over 200 early childhood centers in high priority, high need communities. The STEAM mobile units will allow the city to serve approximately 8,000 children per year through multiple visits…

“The curriculum, developed collaboratively with the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and aligned with Early Head Start standards, includes several hands-on STEAM learning activities for young children along with family literacy programming facilitated by librarians. CPL will dispatch three vans with these STEAM-based learning kits throughout the city – one for each Library District.”

“Mayor Emanuel Announces Mobile STEAM and Early Learning Outreach Services,” a press release from the City of Chicago, June 16, 2015

“If our children cannot get to some of Chicago’s world-class cultural institutions, the City of Chicago will bring the education that those institutions provide directly to their classrooms… The STEAM mobile units will give more students access to this high quality learning model, ensuring that they are prepared for a successful future.”

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, quoted in the article “Chicago Rolls Out Mobile Early Childhood Learning Services Focused On STEM And Art,” ChicagoInno, June 17, 2015