Rather, it is that there are other ways to spend as much or more public
funds on early education and child care than under the dominant school readiness model.
(Md.) Maryland joined the growing list of states putting greater
emphasis on early education when Gov. Martin O'Malley earlier this month signed a bill expanding the state's preschool program.
«Early education is one of the best investments we can make not just in a child's future, but in our country,» Obama said in a speech at the White House
Summit on Early Education last week.
From infant care to preschool, Clinton — through her campaign — offered The Hechinger Report an exclusive take on her early education policies
A new brief from the National Governors Association makes the case for building the capacity of school principals at the preschool through grade three levels, and cites UIC's partnership with Chicago Public
Schools on early education principal preparation.
The brief, «Leading for Early Success: Building School Principals» Capacity to Lead High - Quality Early Education,» includes a case study of Illinois and cites UIC's partnership with Chicago Public Schools
on early education principal preparation.
U.S. President Obama convened the White House Summit
on Early Education last week to reinforce his message about the importance of quality early childhood education.
Maryland joined the growing list of states putting greater emphasis
on early education when Gov. Martin O'Malley earlier this month signed a bill expanding the state's preschool program.
These include the Pennsylvania Regional Keys that focus
on early education quality improvement; the LEARN network, a volunteer network across the state concentrated on early learning; and the newly established Community Innovation Zones that are being developed at the neighborhood level and are funded under the state's Race to the Top — Early Learning Challenge Grant.
States are collectively spending
more on early education year - over-year, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research, a think tank.
In an effort to maximize educational gains, educators and policymakers are placing more importance
on the early education of the 19 million children in the United States under the age of 5.
You may also want to consider a Preschool center, which is in the same price range as a daycare center, but can provide your child with a head
start on early education.
«The experience of being on their tummy helps babies learn to push up, roll over, sit up, crawl, and pull to a stand,» explains Danette Glassy, a pediatrician in Mercer Island, Washington, and chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics»
committee on early education and childcare.
: The Ultimate Guide to Sane, Skilled, and Safe Babysitting,» Laura Gauld, author of «The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have,» Amanda Raposo, executive director of Project Playdate in New York, and Dr. Danette Glassy, an
expert on early education and child care, for the top ten lessons your teen will learn if she becomes a babysitter.
Future Ed School students, whether their programmatic experience is focused squarely or less
directly on early education, will now be enrolled in a higher education institution that, in very concrete as well as symbolic ways, is organizing around the notion that the years before formal schooling are crucial.
As we launch and engage in the Zaentz Initiative's several components, focusing
squarely on early education, the center's expertise and ongoing work on the science of early development and adult capacity - building will be invaluable.
REVIEW: These tip sheets, which have been prepared in close collaboration with the
Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP) at the University of Illinois, are a great resource for parents and teachers.
There is a fairly large
literature on early education that shows little or no enduring test score gains from preschool but large benefits later in life.
The force behind this progress in Massachusetts is the business community (through its support of the Early Education for All Campaign), which understands that the ability to recruit a qualified workforce depends in
part on early education and care.
This has clear implications for how government should proceed in addressing any policy
proposals on early education and care — mine, Heckman's, anyone else's.
«The fact that it shows both that KIPP pre-K on its own and then the combination of KIPP pre-K and KIPP early elementary have positive effects on children's learning outcomes is a big deal, particularly given some of the past research on pre-K and fade - out,» said Ashley LiBetti Mitchel, a senior analyst focused
on early education at Bellwether Education Partners.
In what would be a significant shift from Gov. Jerry Brown's
position on early education, the four leading Democratic candidates running to replace him next year say they are committed to offering universal preschool in California.
According to a recent
report on early education by the New America Foundation, increased federal funding and tighter focus on accountability «makes home visiting one of the brightest spots of progress in early education over the past five years.»
Spreading the
Word on Early Education Helen Blank and Karen Schulman Principals» influence on teaching and advocacy can help children in poverty overcome the early learning gap.
Many ASCD members have been committed to greater emphasis
on early education for years, but the need is increasingly urgent because of changing demographic and employment patterns, as well as evidence from neuroscience that the first few years of life are crucially important.
The 2016 Yearbook profiles state - funded preschool programs in 43 states, plus Guam and the District of Columbia and provides narrative
information on early education efforts in states and the U.S. territories that do not provide state - funded preschool.
This guest post from New America and the Education Commission of the States underscores the key role states
play on early education policy.
President Obama's call to
action on early education is a watershed moment that has the potential to improve education for millions of American students.
On the subject of recruiting lawyers, in 2011 I was trying to sell the British Columbia Provincial
Court on an early education intervention pilot project which would, among other things, require lawyers to provide biweekly talks on family law subjects and court processes.
And the First Five Years Fund mobilizes nationwide support for early education programs, citing the research
evidence on early education's beneficial effects on health as well as economic well - being and academic achievement.
Dr. Willis was a Harris Mid-Career Fellow with ZERO TO THREE, past President of the Oregon Pediatric Society, an executive member of the American Academy of Pediatric's
Section on Early Education and Child Care, the first Chair the AAP's Board's Early Brain & Child Development Strategic Initiative and a previous member of Dr. Jack Shonkoff's Frontiers for Innovation at Harvard's Center for the Developing Child.
With an academic background in Child Development, Meg has extensive experience both working with young children and providing
training on early education topics.
The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) and the Learning Policy Institute held an #ECEMatters Twitter Chat discussing national
polling on early education and what states / communities are doing to ensure quality early education for all students.
Obama was in attendance Wednesday at a White House
Summit on Early Education, where recipients of a variety of education programs were named, including 18 winners of the new Preschool Development Grants.