Sentences with phrase «in access to early education»

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.

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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.

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.

«From providing early education to increasing access to affordable housing and expanding labor and paid leave protections, Mayor de Blasio's progressive policies are having a real, positive impact right here in the 30th District.

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.

«Access to high - quality early education contributes to more positive elementary school classroom environments, as well as to fewer subsequent placements in special education.»

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 committee recognized that implementing a new financing structure to ensure access to high - quality, affordable early care and education will take time and will require ample political will and leadership, but it also noted that there is great urgency in realizing this vision.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

Even in the early days before there was a lot of education or a lot of access to information they really aligned with the philosophy that the body was supposed to work properly provided we don't mess it up.

Deming's current research includes studying the end of race - based busing in Charlotte - Mecklenburg (North Carolina), understanding the rise of for - profit postsecondary education and the consequences for student outcomes, and exploring the policy implications of expanding access to early childhood education.

The policy, which is due to come into force in September 2017, could mean that children from disadvantaged backgrounds may receive worse off access to good quality early - years education.

As Bari Walsh's Usable Knowledge article makes clear, children of greater socioeconomic means typically access early education options that make kindergarten an easier step — which in turn gives them a significant advantage for years to come.

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.

Minister for Education Simon Birmingham said the extra funding would extend the National Partnership on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education into 2019 to ensure more than 348,000 children have access to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing sAccess to Early Childhood Education into 2019 to ensure more than 348,000 children have access to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing scEarly Childhood Education into 2019 to ensure more than 348,000 children have access to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing saccess to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing scearly learning in the year before commencing school.

In Australia, universal access is being facilitated through the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education and the quality of early childhood provision is being addressed through the National Quality Framaccess is being facilitated through the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education and the quality of early childhood provision is being addressed through the National Quality FramAccess to Early Childhood Education and the quality of early childhood provision is being addressed through the National Quality FrameEarly Childhood Education and the quality of early childhood provision is being addressed through the National Quality Frameearly childhood provision is being addressed through the National Quality Framework.

Also important is universal access to high - quality, affordable, integrated early childhood education and care, especially in the year before full - time school and for developmentally vulnerable children and children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The government invested in education, and by the early 1970s, all children had access to lower secondary education.

From the start of 2013, all Australian children should have access to 15 hours of early childhood education each week in the year before school.

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.

As such, these early experiments in video technology are not about new fangled tools in classrooms, but about radically expanding access to human capital in education.

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.

According to Sachs, if kids have access to high - quality early care and education, «they'll do better in school, they'll come to school much more prepared to learn, they'll know how to interact with adults, they'll have better language skills, they'll know how to get along with kids better.»

There are gaps in opportunity and success at all levels — from access to high - quality early childhood education; to segregation and insufficient supports and rigor in K — 12 classrooms; to uneven access, low graduation rates, and looming debt in higher education.

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.

The decent public education long denied New Orleans youth was framed as a civil right at least as fundamental as the access to jobs, public accommodations, and polling places that had been milestones in an earlier generation's fight to overcome segregation.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

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

The plan's five main objectives, to be delivered by 2021, are: to develop a new Welsh language; to increase opportunities for children and young people to use their Welsh in various contexts and embed their language use patterns from an early age; to support leaders and practitioners in Wales to continue to develop their Welsh language skills and have the knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum through the medium of Welsh and Welsh as a subject; to increase the number of learners in Welsh - medium settings; and to ensure that all learners can have equal access to Welsh - medium education and experience the best opportunities to develop their language skills.

«Given that only two in 10 children have access to a high - quality early education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiaearly education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Ineducation setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiaearly education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Ineducation leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education InEducation and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education InEducation and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education InitiaEarly Education InEducation Initiative.

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.

«There is tremendous interest in expanding access in early education, yet only two in 10 children are exposed to a high - quality experience.

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.

they discuss disparities in access to quality early education and the brain science and economic benefits of ensuring it's available for all children.

In these states, access to early childhood education is limited; wages for teachers are not competitive with those of comparable professions; and teacher - to - pupil ratios in schools are unreasonably higIn these states, access to early childhood education is limited; wages for teachers are not competitive with those of comparable professions; and teacher - to - pupil ratios in schools are unreasonably higin schools are unreasonably high.

This means early childhood education for all children, funding all schools so they can better serve those with special educational needs, access to health and well - being services for all children in all schools, and a national curriculum that insists that schools focus on the whole child rather than narrow academic achievement.

• 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...

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.

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.

Middle level and high school students deserve to have access to the same high quality education that they receive in the early grades, and the failure to meet students» needs in the latter years of their educational experience often translates into lower performance and higher drop - out rates.

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.

A deep understanding of financing strategies and a willingness to engage in finance reform is necessary to ensure all children have access to high quality early care and education.

This report describes readiness and opportunity gaps in access to high quality early education.

Millions of children in California will have greater access to bilingual education after nearly three - quarters of voters said yes to Proposition 58 in early voting, a race called late Tuesday by the Associated Press.

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.

In a report drawn from a convening of school district superintendents, charter leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality educatioIn a report drawn from a convening of school district superintendents, charter leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality educatioin Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality education.