Sentences with phrase «family access to early education»

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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.

Key policies include introducing a Guaranteed Annual Income; ensuring universal access to quality childcare and early childhood education; cutting debt for post-secondary students; honouring the Kelowna Accord with Aboriginals; expanding the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual Canadians; and easing the income support levels required for immigrant family sponsorship.

Some of Clinton's plans include guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, expanding early childhood education, capping childcare expenses at 10 percent of a household's income, helping the families of children with autism and other special needs get access to more resources and support, and insuring more families through the Affordable Care Act.

The response of the last government was essentially more of the same: earlier and more detailed sex education, family planning clinics in schools, promotion of emergency birth control (otherwise known as the «morning after pill») easier access to abortion, all without the need for parental consent even in the case of underage girls.

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.

ECCS grants help states and communities to build and integrate early childhood service systems in the areas of a) access to health care and medical homes, b) social - emotional development and mental health, c) early care and education, d) parenting education, and e) family support.

Even before Obafemi Awolowo's democratization of the Nigerian education space, by his revolutionary free primary education programme in the old Western Region; and Yakubu Gowon's liberalization of university access in the early 1970s, privileged and determined families had always sponsored theirs to study abroad.

«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.

Housed in the Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start has in the past emphasized not just early education but also socialization and giving poor children and their families access to an array of nutritional, health, and social services.

Through Early Years Hubs, the most disadvantaged families in London will have better access to good quality, affordable early - years educEarly Years Hubs, the most disadvantaged families in London will have better access to good quality, affordable early - years educearly - years education

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.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

We know the fundamental needs of our families include greater access to high - quality early childhood education, sustained resources and support, stable school communities, rigorous curriculum led by strong instructional leaders and having a voice in the decisions that impact their children.

In 2016, One PA launched a campaign to demand affordable access to high quality and inclusive early education and care for all families.

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.

In states with universal access to publicly funded preschool, nearly all families enroll because they value high - quality early education.

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.

Cooling Down Yourh Classroom Carla Tantillo, Founder, Mindful Practices - Cooling Down the Classroom Community Schools 101: The who, what, when, where, and WHY of community schools Anya Tanyavutti, Manager, Metropolitan Family Services Kevin Curtin, Principal, Peoria School District 150 - PowerPoint Presentation - Garfield Elementary - Garfield Elementary School Partners Meeting Parents Where They Are: One community's unique approach to ensuring parents have access to the information and services they need Julie Lonteen, Peoria School District 150 Tranforming the High School Culture to Breed Success for All Students Tony Majors, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, Metro Nashville Public Schools Gini Pupo - Walker, Director of Family Involvement and Community Services, Metro Nashville Public Schools - Powerpoint Presentation Trust Amount District Administrators, School Teams, and Community Members Drives the Community School Model Dr. Diane Hensley, Director of Community Schools, Tulsa Public Schools Dr. Kathy Dodd, Director Elementary Education, Union Public Schools Jan Creveling, Director, Tulsa Area Community School & Senior Planner for Community Service Council - PowerPoint Presentation The Great at 8 Initiative: How community schools can create linkages to early childhood Madelyn James, Director of the Great at 8 Initiative, Voices for Illinois Children If You Build They Will Come?

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

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.

It recognizes that public schools (often neighborhood hubs), have a unique opportunity to provide access to effective and integrated service delivery that support conditions for high quality teaching and learning by partnering with organizations representing youth development, academic enrichment, mental and physical health, human services, foster care, early education, adult education, and family engagement.

When it comes to raising a family, Strathcona has it all — plenty of neighbourhood kids, fair access to healthcare and early education, low crime rate and unemployment rates and solid household incomes.

Parents as Teachers also advocates for children and families by shaping public policy to increase access and financial support for early learning, child development, and education at the federal, state and community levels.

National Center for Children in Poverty, Project Thrive (www.nccp.org): The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family support.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.

In addition to child care and preschool services, Early Head Start and Head Start offer prenatal education, job - training and adult education, and assistance in accessing housing and insurance.50 However, Early Head Start presently serves only approximately 3 % of low - income families.51 The Child Care Development Block Grants Act of 2014 and subsequent appropriations also provide child care subsidies for low - income working families and funds to improve child care quality, in addition to new and needed protections to keep children safe and healthy when they are being cared for outside the home.52

«My passion for ensuring that children have access to quality early care and education, and the joy and satisfaction I get from working with children and families, are the glue that bonds me forever to the field of early care and education.»

NAEYC and Global Engagement are excited to continue the Grandes Comienzos track at NAEYC's 2018 Conference in Washington, D.C. Grandes Comienzos presentations provide the early childhood community with access to sessions in Spanish on topics concerning young children, their families, and early childhood education throughout the Americas.

In Salt Lake County, Utah, many children from low - income families have limited access to quality early education.

Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income childrearly childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income childrEarly Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income childrearly childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income children.18

These profiles are designed to provide each county in Indiana with data that will assist them in ensuring that children and their families have access to affordable, high - quality early childhood education programs that keep children healthy, safe, and learning.

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In states with universal access to publicly funded preschool, nearly all families enroll because they value high - quality early education.

ELAC is working to ensure that children ages birth to 8 years and their families have access to affordable, high - quality early childhood education programs that keep children healthy, safe and learning.

The new ELAC County Early Childhood Profile was developed to provide each county in Indiana with the same data that ELAC is tracking at the state level to assist local communities in ensuring that children and their families have access to affordable, high - quality early childhood education programs that keep children healthy, safe, and learEarly Childhood Profile was developed to provide each county in Indiana with the same data that ELAC is tracking at the state level to assist local communities in ensuring that children and their families have access to affordable, high - quality early childhood education programs that keep children healthy, safe, and learearly childhood education programs that keep children healthy, safe, and learning.

The Directorate is committed to all children having access to high quality early childhood education and care, and that the Early Childhood Schools and Koori Preschool program continue to meet intent of the Early Childhood Schools: A framework for their development as learning and development centres for children (birth to eight) and their famiearly childhood education and care, and that the Early Childhood Schools and Koori Preschool program continue to meet intent of the Early Childhood Schools: A framework for their development as learning and development centres for children (birth to eight) and their famiEarly Childhood Schools and Koori Preschool program continue to meet intent of the Early Childhood Schools: A framework for their development as learning and development centres for children (birth to eight) and their famiEarly Childhood Schools: A framework for their development as learning and development centres for children (birth to eight) and their families.

This means: increasing the qualifications of the workforce to include expertise in infant and toddler development; working with institutions of Higher Education to instill more infant - toddler content in degree programs; and ensuring that babies living in families with a severe lack of resources, including those on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, have access to quality care commensurate with Early Heafamilies with a severe lack of resources, including those on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, have access to quality care commensurate with Early HeaFamilies, have access to quality care commensurate with Early Head Start.

These include comprehensive and early sex education and expansive and affordable access to birth control and family planning services.

«We are proud to announce BCDI - Cleveland is ready to lead the charge to ensure Black children and families throughout Northeast Ohio have access to equitable resources and high - quality early childhood education,» says Green.

The majority of low - and modest - income families do not have access to affordable, secure housing or high quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services.

Ensure that young children and their families, particularly those facing poverty and other stressors, have access to comprehensive, high - quality early childhood education, home visiting, and health care services.

Educare unites early education professionals, private - sector leaders, policymakers, families and other like - minded champions to improve access to high - quality early childhood education across the country.

ECCS grants help states and communities to build and integrate early childhood service systems in the areas of a) access to health care and medical homes, b) social - emotional development and mental health, c) early care and education, d) parenting education, and e) family support.

Partner with states and local communities to help ensure equal education opportunity and excellence in early childhood education programs and to ensure that children and their families have access to programs, services and supports that promote health, nutrition, economic independence and stability, and social competencies;

She is the author or co-author of numerous publications, including several publications on immigrant families» access to early education, reports on the use of Title I funds for early childhood programs, and analyses of federal and state child care subsidy policies.

Distributions from the fund will target proven strategies to strengthen parenting skills, increase the quality of early care and education and assist families with accessing that quality care and education for their young children.

• All Families have access to early care and education programs that are affordable and of high quality, and are participants in the education and well being of their children through family involvement in programs and schools, as well as opportunities to increase their educational attainment.

Business leaders in Maine are on a mission to improve the quality of early care and education and increase access for all Maine families.