Sentences with phrase «public preschools make»

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to new early childhood core standards to help public preschools make informed decisions regarding curriculum in order to prepare children for kindergarten.

The Utah State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to new early childhood core standards to help public preschools make informed decisions regarding curriculum in order to prepare children for kindergarten.

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· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's plan includes «elevating» the teaching profession, rebuilding schools, breaking the school - to - prison pipeline, the expansion of affordable preschool and child care, and making college more affordable by offering free tuition at community colleges and four - year public universities.

So, K - 12 public education costs more than parents are paying for daycare and preschool, which is reasonable given that K - 12 education is a more resource - intensive activity, teachers typically make more, and the K - 12 dollar figure includes spending on services for students with disabilities.

That's «really important for making sure the gains that are made in preschool programs are sustained all the way up,» says Laura Bornfreund, senior policy analyst for early education at the New America Foundation, a public policy think tank in Washington.

• 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.

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.

Delaware made increasing access to high quality preschool and collaboration among public schools and community - based providers a key theme, and early learning is one of their five core priorities.

Backing up the idea that it makes more sense to invest in programs for infants and toddlers first, Nobel Prize - winning economist James Heckman — who is nevertheless a champion of expanding public preschool programs — routinely points out that the earlier a dollar is invested in a child's life, the higher return it has later.

His new attacks on public education include taking $ 17.1 million out of traditional public schools, which will curtail extended day and summer programs in needy school districts, make universal preschool impossible, not fund priority districts as promised and at less than last year, and limit aid for transportation of students.

We recommend that lawmakers amend the proposal to make it clear that public charter schools with preschool programs would be eligible recipients of these funds.

Researchers estimate that the gains made by Spanish - speaking children are comparable to those made in the landmark Perry Preschool Project and the Abecedarian project, both of which have documented long - term gains for children throughout their life cycles, including reduced crime and teen pregnancy, higher earnings, and reduced participation in public assistance programs.

Other than Head Start, few public preschools existed for typically developing children, making it difficult to find space and teachers to serve those with special needs.

These states, committed to public early education, are striving to make preschool better, understanding that quality is essential to realizing preschool's potential.