Sentences with phrase «improving access to early education»

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.

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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.

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

The question for education policymakers is, How can states improve access to high - quality early childhood education while supporting the wide variety of childcare options available to parents?

The Department for Education will target its programmes to ensure children get the best start in the early years, to build teaching and leadership capacity in schools, to increase access to university, to strengthen technical pathways for young people, and work with employers to improve young people's access to the right advice and experiences.

We expect this work to inform a broader conversation about how we can improve quality of and access to early education and care for all of our early learners.»

• 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.

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...

Mr. Jackson said the fortunes of students and, by extension, the nation, can be improved by providing access to early childhood education, highly effective teachers, a college - preparatory curriculum, and equitable financial resources to schools in every community.

Its plan is building on strong philanthropic support to create an early childhood education infrastructure that improves the conditions for accessing quality learning opportunities.

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.

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.

The Commission outlined a series of reforms to mitigate the injustices in our education system, including a more equitable distribution of funds, improved curriculum to prepare students for the 21st Century economy, access to early childhood education and a well - rounded delivery of support services for students from a variety of backgrounds.

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.

Early education leaders can access some of the tools and resources used in Lead Learn Excel to improve instructional leadership.

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.

Mencap aims to improve access to social care and is therefore attempting to i) gather powerful data in order to influence local and national decision makers; ii) provide early advice with the help of solicitors and barristers working pro bono; and iii) improve legal education by training care managers to spot legal problems and developing a chat bot — an «automated legal brain» which is interactive and can provide information and rights and redress.

Accompanying students on college tours to help promote early college awareness and to improve access to higher education.

A guide for assisting states in utilizing their CCDF state plan as a vehicle for improving access to high - quality early care and education for children who experience homelessness.

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

From a public policy standpoint, improved access to consistent and affordable high - quality early care and education accomplishes two important objectives: In addition to promoting healthy child development, these programs enable parents to continue working or to re-enter the workforce.

Early childhood education can reduce crime and incarceration later in life by improving subsequent educational attainment and reducing school dropout rates.5 The Obama administration recognized the value of early childhood education by expanding access to high - quality preschool through Head Start and Early Head Start; however, more targeted efforts are needed to ensure that children of incarcerated parents have access to high - quality early childhood education progEarly childhood education can reduce crime and incarceration later in life by improving subsequent educational attainment and reducing school dropout rates.5 The Obama administration recognized the value of early childhood education by expanding access to high - quality preschool through Head Start and Early Head Start; however, more targeted efforts are needed to ensure that children of incarcerated parents have access to high - quality early childhood education progearly childhood education by expanding access to high - quality preschool through Head Start and Early Head Start; however, more targeted efforts are needed to ensure that children of incarcerated parents have access to high - quality early childhood education progEarly Head Start; however, more targeted efforts are needed to ensure that children of incarcerated parents have access to high - quality early childhood education progearly childhood education programs.

This is the second poll in the last two months that shows voters want improved access to high - quality early education.

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.

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