Sentences with phrase «access to early education programs»

The Strong Start Act addresses, but does not completely solve, the issue of insufficient access to early education programs.

A great deal of focus, both at the federal and state level, has been placed on expanding access to early education programs — including preschool and kindergarten — as a way to close achievement gaps between student subgroups.

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«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

A family's access to a reliable supply of clean diapers reduces the risk of disease, improves the baby's health and comfort, and enables the baby's participation in early care and education programs.

Rebecca works as an early education consultant at ICF International, where she supports federal and state programs that strive to ensure that our youngest children have access to quality early care and education.

All children should have access to high - quality early child care and education programs, so they can reach their maximum potential

Last week Nebraska passed the School Readiness Tax Credit Act, creating two new tax credits designed to increase access to high quality early care and education (ECE) programs.

«The Head Start and Early Head Start Programs help make sure that children across Cortland County can have equal access to early childhood education,» said Senator GillibEarly Head Start Programs help make sure that children across Cortland County can have equal access to early childhood education,» said Senator Gillibearly childhood education,» said Senator Gillibrand.

«The New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute applauds Senator Klein and the IDC's efforts to ensure that all of New York City's youngest residents and their parents have access to safe, secure early childhood care and education progEarly Childhood Professional Development Institute applauds Senator Klein and the IDC's efforts to ensure that all of New York City's youngest residents and their parents have access to safe, secure early childhood care and education progearly childhood care and education programs.

EDUCATION: Enhance and expand early childhood programming and improve access to food at school to ensure no student goes hungry.

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.

The wait list offers extra free goodies, more time with me and early access to the program not to mention free education on stuff like acne and hair loss over the next several weeks.

Yazzie - Mintz, currently a senior program officer for early childhood education initiatives and co-director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs with the American Indian College Fund, has devoted her professional career to improving access to early education for Native children.

«The Quality Support program is yet another way the NSW Government is ensuring all families, regardless of their background, have access to top quality early childhood education services for their children,» Ms Mitchell said.

Indianapolis — The nation's chief state school officers last week endorsed a comprehensive early - childhood and family - education plan calling for universal access to prekindergarten programs, publicly supported day care, and increased federal involvement in efforts to help children at risk of school failure.

Without early identification, youngsters are apt to lose out on opportunities to accelerate, to get into such special classrooms and supplemental programs as do exist, to enroll in magnet or charter schools designed to challenge them, and to gain access (when they reach high school) to Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate programs, and other offerings that typically presuppose a solid education in the early grades.

Support access to high - quality early childhood education programs and opportunities and resources for educators.

In addition to McCleary, other education issues will include expanding capacity for high quality early learning programs and fully supporting the State Need Grant to increase college access.

Although the policymaker's challenge is to figure out how to expand access to such programs while preserving quality, evidence suggests that investment in early childhood education has the potential to significantly address disparities that arise from family disadvantage.

As states continue to add public preschool programs — in the hope that greater access to early - childhood education will improve schools» chances of meeting the NCLB law's targets — it's not surprising that some organizations are pushing to increase the federal government's role in the...

Only about a quarter of children in the control group found their way into other center - based programs such as Head Start or private pre-k, so the study compares groups that are very different in their levels of access to early childhood education.

We know two important things about early childhood education: 1) children who have access to quality programs generally outperform children who do not, and 2) the benefits of quality preschool can be further enhanced if quality of education is maintained in the K — 12 system.

Providing children with access to quality early childhood education from birth to age 5 by providing Early Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollearly childhood education from birth to age 5 by providing Early Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollEarly Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollEarly Head Start enrollment.

State and local investments are increasing in many states for early care and education programs, but in others, states are not investing sufficient dollars to ensure all children have access to high quality programs.

Today the charter school movement achieved an important win: the State Board of Education voted to give qualifying charter schools earlier access to the recent increase for Permanent School Fund bond guarantee program.

Edgar has worked with various groups such as University California Los Angeles» (UCLA) Academic Advancement Project and the Community Programs Office, Community Build Inc., and UCLA's Early Academic Outreach Program, which all strive to promote access to higher education for students in the inner - city.

As we shared in Every Student Counts: The State We're In 2016 - 2017, as more students have access to preschool programming, more will enter kindergarten ready to succeed, but now the state will actually be able to track student progress at the early education milestone.

Together, these efforts will strengthen our existing early education programs, and expand quality access to more students in the state.

Nationwide, about 28 percent of 4 - year - olds attend state - funded preschool programs according to the National Institute for Early Education Research, although access and quality vary greatly.

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin will each receive a supplemental award from the 2013 Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout their stEarly Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout their stearly learning programs throughout their states.

The U.S. Dept. of Education released a statement applauding the Obama Administration for creating greater access to early learning programs.

Establishing a high - quality UPK program is a critical first step toward creating equity in access to early education and ensuring that all children begin kindergarten with an equal opportunity to succeed.

In others, it could mean expanding access to early English exposure through increased early childhood education programming.

Right now, whether a parent has access to a high - quality preschool program in the U.S. has more to do with that parent's education than anything else, said Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, a U.S. theducation than anything else, said Steven Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, a U.S. thEducation Research, a U.S. think tank.

The challenges facing rural schools are staggering — concentrated poverty, inadequate access to health care services, early childhood education and after - school programs, ballooning class size, high transportation costs, teacher shortages, and lack of broadband access.

Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing policies — including policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.

«For the first time, every child in New York City has access to free, full - day, high quality pre-K programs across district, charter, parochial and early education centers,» Devora Kaye, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said in a statement on Weducation centers,» Devora Kaye, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said in a statement on WEducation, said in a statement on Wednesday.

Over the past few months, President Barack Obama, governors, business leaders, and military officers have all spoken out in favor of expanding access to high - quality early childhood education programs.

The Office of Special Education Programs» Results Driven Accountability Initiative represents a significant shift in state accountability from a focus on compliance and ensuring access to education and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful outcomes in learning and development for children and youth with disaEducation Programs» Results Driven Accountability Initiative represents a significant shift in state accountability from a focus on compliance and ensuring access to education and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful outcomes in learning and development for children and youth with disaeducation and early intervention services to a focus on measurable and meaningful outcomes in learning and development for children and youth with disabilities.

For more than a decade, Utah has been a leader among states in pushing programs to make early childhood education opportunities available to more families, particularly those burdened by low incomes and lack of access to nearby preschools.

State policymakers dramatically cut funding for these programs during and after the Great Recession, which hampered families» access to safe and reliable early care and education.

The Department of Education makes no direct statement to address 21st century learning in its identification of 4 strategic enhancement issues for inclusive social and economic success: early childhood and select Kindergarten to Grade 12 enhancements, post-secondary programs and skilled trade training, infrastructure improvements across all levels and increased access to literacy learning opportunities for adults.

Educare New Orleans could easily serve as a poster program for President Barack Obama's proposal to dramatically increase access to high - quality early childhood education.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States offers model state policy components for early college high schools that provide the necessary supports to ensure program access, quality and transferability of credit.

Other authors agree that we need to give all students equal access to the benefits of higher education and describe how personal mentoring (Roberta Espinoza, p. 56) or early college high school programs (Jennifer Glenn Morrow and Alex Torrez, p. 74) can help economically disadvantaged students achieve this goal.

The grant program — called the Early Learning Alignment and Improvement Grants — would provide funding for states to improve coordination, quality, and access to early educaEarly Learning Alignment and Improvement Grants — would provide funding for states to improve coordination, quality, and access to early educaearly education.

The more important questions today are first, how do we ensure that all young children have access to high quality early childhood education, and second how do we make preschool programs better?

In addition to these initiatives, the Head Start program, which was created in 1965 and is one of the earliest ECE initiatives, is a federal program that provides free access to early childhood education programs for children from low socioeconomic status families.

In Washington, Libby also worked previously with the Pew Charitable Trusts and the National Head Start Association heading up national campaigns to improve children's access to and the quality of early childhood education programs.

Expanding access to supported entry programs should be a high priority for education policy so that teachers can meet their students» needs as early in their careers as possible.