Sentences with phrase «early edge california»

The Learning Policy Institute released its brief, The Building Blocks of High - Quality Early Childhood Education Programs, at a policy convening co-hosted by Early Edge California and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) in Sacramento, CA, on February 29, 2016.

For more information on the event and to view additional presentations, visit Early Edge California's event page.

Early Edge California has worked to expand quality early learning opportunities for all 4 year olds.

«The event demonstrated there's a chance we'll find an early learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education programs.

The Learning Policy Institute released its brief, The Building Blocks of High - Quality Early Childhood Education Programs, at a policy convening co-hosted by Early Edge California and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) in Sacramento, CA, on February 29, 2016.

For more information on the event and to view additional presentations, visit Early Edge California's event page.

The Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2014, introduced by Darrel Steinberg (D - Sacramento) and co-sponsored by Torlakson and Early Edge California, will expand access to transitional kindergarten programs to all four year old children, no...

* 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

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His early years were spent managing one of California's premier wine shops and working as a sommelier at Pacific's Edge, Marinus and Casanova's.

An early warning system along America's earthquake - prone Pacific edge would be based on a prototype called ShakeAlert now undergoing testing in California, Oregon and Washington.

What turns this fairly ordinary - sounding family drama into something on the edge of epic is its use of landscape and setting — the desert Southwest, California's San Fernando Valley (also the setting for Wenders's 1997 The End of Violence), and the concrete canyons of Houston — reinforced by the stunning cinematography of regular early collaborator Robby Müller and a plangent slide - guitar score by Ry Cooder (with whom Wenders would later make the Oscar - nominated documentary Buena Vista Social Club).

One of the earliest paintings in the exhibition, Byzantium (1967), created just after her move to La Jolla, is a pivotal example of Schapiro's transition from abstract expressionism to Hard Edge painting during this brief period when she lived in Southern California.

John McLaughlin was a highly influential hard - edge painter who worked in Southern California from the late 1940s through the early»70s.