While
American early education policy is heavily shaped by a number of federal laws, charter policy is almost entirely determined at the state level.
Not exact matches
* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of
Early Education & Support Division, California Department of
Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of
Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of
Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director,
Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist,
American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for
Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public
Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of
Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director,
Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change
List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese -
American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church •
Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal
Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for
Education & Career Advancement
Access to state - supported
early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special
education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and
Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the
American Educational Research Association.
National organizations such as EdChoice (formerly the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996) and the
American Education Reform Foundation (founded in 1998) and Alliance for School Choice (founded in 2004), which later became affiliated with the
American Federation for Children (founded in 2009), were the most prominent voices in state capitols, providing
early leadership on choice - related
policy and working to counter choice
policy myths.
Early on, three new executive editors were brought on board: Marty West, who assumed responsibility for the journal's research section; Rick Hess, director of
education policy studies at the
American Enterprise Institute, who has taken charge of the forum and book review sections; and Michael Petrilli (now president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute), who along with Marci Kanstoroom, still serves as editor of the features section.
Scott Sargrad, managing director of K - 12
Education Policy for the Center for
American Progress, testified in front of the U.S. House
Education Subcommittee on
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary
Education on the «supplement, not supplant» rule under ESSA.
AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice About Campus Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research Academic Questions Accounting
Education ACM Transactions on Computing
Education Across the Disciplines Acta Didactica Napocensia Action in Teacher
Education Action Learning: Research and Practice Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music
Education Active Learning in Higher
Education Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting
Education, Practice, and Research Adult
Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community
Education Adult Learning Adults Learning Mathematics Advances in Engineering
Education Advances in Health Sciences
Education Advances in Language and Literary Studies Advances in Physiology
Education AERA Open Africa
Education Review African Higher
Education Review African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology
Education Afterschool Matters AILA Review AILACTE Journal Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership
American Annals of the Deaf
American Biology Teacher
American Educational History Journal
American Educational Research Journal
American Educator
American Journal of Business
Education American Journal of Distance
Education American Journal of
Education American Journal of Engineering
Education American Journal of Evaluation
American Journal of Health
Education American Journal of Play
American Journal of Sexuality
Education American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Analysis of Verbal Behavior Anatomical Sciences
Education Annals of Dyslexia Annual Review of Economics Anthropology &
Education Quarterly Applied Developmental Science Applied Environmental
Education and Communication Applied Language Learning Applied Linguistics Applied Measurement in
Education Art
Education Art Therapy: Journal of the
American Art Therapy Association Arts and Humanities in Higher
Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice Arts
Education Policy Review ASHE Higher
Education Report Asia Pacific
Education Review Asia Pacific Journal of
Education Asian Journal of
Education and Training Asia - Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching Asia - Pacific Journal of Teacher
Education Assessment & Evaluation in Higher
Education Assessment for Effective Intervention Assessment in
Education: Principles,
Policy & Practice Assessment Update Association of Mexican
American Educators Journal Athletic Training
Education Journal Australasian Journal of
Early Childhood Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Australasian Journal of Gifted
Education Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive
Education Australian and International Journal of Rural
Education Australian Educational Computing Australian Educational Researcher Australian Journal of Adult Learning Australian Journal of Career Development Australian Journal of
Education Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology Australian Journal of Environmental
Education Australian Journal of Indigenous
Education Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties Australian Journal of Music
Education Australian Journal of Teacher
Education Australian Mathematics Teacher Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Australian Senior Mathematics Journal Australian Universities» Review Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice
Early Child Development and Care
Early Childhood
Education Journal
Early Education and Development
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development
Education Education & Training
Education 3 - 13
Education and Culture
Education and Information Technologies
Education and Society
Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Education and Treatment of Children
Education and Urban Society
Education as Change
Education Economics
Education Finance and
Policy Education for Information
Education Leadership Review
Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research
Education Libraries
Education Next
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Education Research and Perspectives
Education Sciences
Education, Citizenship and Social Justice Educational Action Research Educational Administration Quarterly Educational and Developmental Psychologist Educational and Psychological Measurement Educational Assessment Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability Educational Considerations Educational Evaluation and
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American Educational Studies Association Educational Technology Educational Technology & Society Educational Technology Research and Development Educational Theory eJEP: eJournal of
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Education English in Australia English in
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Education Research Equity & Excellence in
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Education Ethnography and
Education ETS Research Report Series Eurasian Journal of Educational Research European
Early Childhood
Education Research Journal European
Education European Educational Research Journal European Journal of Contemporary
Education European Journal of
Education European Journal of Educational Research European Journal of Engineering
Education European Journal of Higher
Education European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning European Journal of Physics
Education European Journal of Psychology of
Education European Journal of Science and Mathematics
Education European Journal of Special Needs
Education European Journal of STEM
Education European Journal of Teacher
Education European Journal of Training and Development European Physical
Education Review Evidence &
Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice Exceptional Children Exceptionality Exceptionality
Education International
For Obama's plan to work, Lisa Guernsey, director of the
early education initiative at the New
American Foundation, a Washington - based
policy group, estimates it would cost states and the federal government roughly $ 8,000 per child, or an additional $ 10 to $ 15 billion each year, to expand pre-school nationwide and for states to raise quality standards.
He also serves on NCSL's State
Policy and Research for
Early Education (SPREE) Working Group as well as a member of the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Active Learning in Higher
Education Adult
Education Quarterly
American Educational Research Journal Arts and Humanities in Higher
Education Assessment for Effective Intervention Autism Canadian Journal of School Psychology Communication Disorders Quarterly Community College Review
Education and Urban Society
Education, Citizenship and Social Justice Educational
Policy Educational Administration Quarterly Educational and Psychological Measurement Educational Evaluation and
Policy Analysis Educational Management Administration & Leadership Educational Researcher European Physical
Education Review Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Gifted Child Quarterly Improving Schools International Journal of Music
Education Intervention in School and Clinic Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership Journal of Disability
Policy Studies Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Journal of Hispanic Higher
Education Journal of Learning Disabilities Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions Journal of
Early Childhood Literacy Journal of
Early Childhood Research Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment Journal of Research in International
Education Journal of Studies in International
Education Journal of Teacher
Education Journal of Transformative
Education Management in
Education NASSP Bulletin Psychology of Music Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin Remedial and Special
Education Research Studies in Music
Education Review of Educational Research Review of Research in
Education School Psychology International The Journal of Special
Education Theory and Research in
Education Topics in
Early Childhood
Education Urban
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TEACHING / PRESENTATION HISTORY Graduate Assistant — Texas Woman's University 2010 to Present Theories of the Family, Family Public
Policy, Family Sexuality, Family Change and Diversity Guest Lecturer — Mountainview College Spring 2010 Guest Lecturer, Black Family Course Instructor — Axia College (Online) Fall / Winter 2007 Psychology Instructor — North Central Texas College Fall 2007 Graduate / Research Assistant — Texas Southern University Spring 2005 Presentations: 2010 Ohio
Early Care and
Education Conference, Columbus, OH April 2010 Pretend Play & African
American Families: Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) Educational First Steps Annual Conference, Dallas, TX Feb. 2010 Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) National Black Child Development Institute, Atlanta, GA April 2009 Strengthening Black Families Through Play (workshop) Collin College Educators Symposium, Plano, TX April 2009 Share My World: Play and African
American Children (workshop) Texas Woman's University Student Research Symposium, Denton, TX April 2009 The Impact of Adolescence on African
American Parent - Daughter Relations (poster presentation) Collegium for African
American Research, Bremen, Germany (paper presentation) March 2009 The 20th Century Social Scientist and the African in America: Implications for 21st Century Research Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX (workshop) April 2009 Beyond, Me, Myself, and I: Impact of
Early Adolescence on Females» Interpersonal Relationships Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX Jan. 2008 Maintaining Healthy Relationships and Recognizing Unhealthy Relationships (workshop) The Health Group, Houston, TX Feb. 2005 Recognizing Depression in Yourself and Others (workshop)
In a recent New York Times Op - Ed, Nicholas Kristof challenged the
American public to reconsider our
policy strategies for addressing economic inequality and crime by investing in
early education and parentin
Variety of professional development content presented by country's top experts: Each day's schedule is thoughtfully assembled with sessions in
early childhood
education, adult
education, English learners,
American Indian
education, two - generation programming, library programming,
policy, and research.
Thought leaders and colleagues from a long list of organizations have encouraged us, nudged us and been our «media mentors», including: Fred Rogers Center for
Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College;
American Library Association (ALA); Association of Children's Museums (ACM); Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC); Catherine Cook School; Center for Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital; Center for Media and Human Development at Northwestern University; Chicago Children's Museum; Chicago Public Library; Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative; Children's Technology Review; Columbia College Chicago; CPB / PBS Ready to Learn;
Early Childhood Australia Digital
Policy Group and Live Wires;
Early Childhood Futures, Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University;
Early Childhood Investigations;
Early Childhood STEM Working Group; HITN
Early Learning Collaborative; Illinois Computing Educators (ICE); Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop; Kohl Children's Museum; Language Castle; Little eLit; National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC); National Association of Media Literacy
Education (NAMLE); New America; New Zealand Tertiary College; Technology and Young Children Interest Forum of NAEYC; and Waterford Institute,
Early Education and Technology for Children (EETC)
For starters, only 40 percent to 55 percent of
American children attend quality pre-kindergarten programs, said Libby Doggett, deputy assistant secretary of
policy and
early learning for the U.S. Department of
Education.