Sentences with phrase «with quality early learning»

America's Edge benefit luncheon, hosted by United Ways of Washington, focused on sustaining America's competitive edge through quality education — starting with quality early learning for all children.

When these schools were in their early years, McCarthy was struck by the number of students entering with low reading skills and asked, «What if we could provide these children with quality early learning from the start so they could enter kindergarten ready to thrive?»

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The Paul Martin government proposed to create thousands of new day - care spaces and had also negotiated deals with most provinces and territories to turn a patch - work of often poor - quality services into a system of early learning and child care with national standards.

The earliest fathers were often somewhat naive, somewhat childlike in some ways, but those qualities enabled them to hold on to the truth they had learned from the Apostles and apostolic men with a ferocity that I doubt would be much reflected in our day under similar persecutions.

«The thought of a child not eating, being hungry and expected to learn, was too much for me to ignore,» remembers Miller, who got involved early with a push for higher quality food in the district.

Early Learning Outcomes Reporting links high quality learning standards with assessment and instruction for children birth through transition to kindeLearning Outcomes Reporting links high quality learning standards with assessment and instruction for children birth through transition to kindelearning standards with assessment and instruction for children birth through transition to kindergarten.

They partner with other organizations to increase access to quality early childhood education for low - income children, address the impact of childhood traumas and enhance parental engagement with at - risk children's social and emotional learning.

Families need quality, affordable child care that provides infants and toddlers with one - on - one relationships with caring adults and strong early learning experiences.

Early childhood educators will also find this course to be ideal with this course linking to the National Quality Standards: Quality Areas 5 and 6 and the Early Years Learning Framework: Outcomes 1, 3, 5 and Principles 1, 2 and 4.

Select six to eight Communities of Concentrated High Need (CCHN) to engage in a local planning process to increase the number and percentage of children with high needs enrolled in high - quality early learning and development programs.

In the second high - quality trial of its kind, published in PLOS ONE, the researchers found an entirely different result to an earlier study carried out in 2012, where omega - 3 supplements were found to have a beneficial effect on the reading ability and working memory of school children with learning needs such as ADHD.

«Unless we act now to boost the quality of early years education, it will be a decade or more before we see every five - year - old arriving at school ready to learn — with thousands of children suffering as a consequence.

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.»

And AppleTree Early Learning, a pre-k-only charter school, works with preschool providers in the area to implement its evidence - based instructional model, increasing the supply of high - quality seats in the District.

As early implementers, these educators have gone both to the «source» of the standards and used other proxies for quality and alignment: They've worked directly with and learned from the standards» authors themselves and / or used tools created by them (e.g., the Publishers» Criteria developed by Student Achievement Partners and several other groups).

«Possibly our schools could learn from interacting more with our early learning centres which, at the high quality end, have a strong emphasis on each child's individual learning journey.»

«The initiative will provide early childhood educators, from teachers to leaders, with high - quality, high - impact professional learning opportunities drawing on evidence from groundbreaking new research.

The Saul Zaentz Professional Learning Academy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is offering a new Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) to provide leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high - quality early education across learning envirLearning Academy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is offering a new Certificate in Early Education Leadership (CEEL) to provide leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high - quality early education across learning environmEarly Education Leadership (CEEL) to provide leaders with the core knowledge, management skills, and tools necessary to build and advance high - quality early education across learning environmearly education across learning envirlearning environments.

Specifically, this project has two key elements: (1) a one - day convening (12/12/14) that forges relationships among stakeholders in Hampden County's early education field with influential leaders and experts from across the nation, where they engage in mutual learning and dialogue around the goal of strengthening individual and organization capacities to advance early learning for all; and (2) a multi-pronged communication strategy, rooted in the convening and designed to provide guidance around the field's most pressing needs, with a particular focus on strengthening the quality of Pre-K for at - risk children, like many of those growing up Hampden County.

We also propose revisions throughout this subpart to better support the ability of programs to serve children from diverse economic backgrounds, given research that suggests children's early learning is positively influenced by interactions with diverse peers [1112] We also require programs to prioritize serving younger children in communities where there is publicly funded high quality pre-kindergarten for four year olds.

Providing children with access to quality early childhood education from birth to age 5 by providing Early Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollearly childhood education from birth to age 5 by providing Early Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollEarly Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and expand universal pre-K programs, expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollEarly Head Start enrollment.

However, a structural quality element such as small class size can facilitate learning when it is paired with high - quality teacher - child interactions, leading to improved outcomes for children.Martha Zaslow et al., Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services,quality element such as small class size can facilitate learning when it is paired with high - quality teacher - child interactions, leading to improved outcomes for children.Martha Zaslow et al., Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services,quality teacher - child interactions, leading to improved outcomes for children.Martha Zaslow et al., Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services,Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010).

The Leadership Toolkit is designed to support state and local education professionals in developing and utilizing skills, knowledge and behaviors to effectively lead and address challenges associated with advancing high - quality early learning into a P - 12 continuum.

High - quality early learning programs meet the needs of all students, including English learners and students with special needs.

School districts electing to use ESSA funding to improve early learning programs are creating a potential win - win situation, increasing the number of high - quality early learning opportunities available, and increasing the likelihood of positive outcomes for all children, including young children with disabilities.

Creating more high - quality early learning slots is also an opportunity to serve young children with disabilities in these programs.

Our goal is to guide educators and families in the large - scale implementation of RtI so that each child has access to quality instruction and that struggling students — including those with learning disabilities — are identified early and receive the necessary supports to be successful.

To ensure that all children develop the necessary cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills that build the foundation for life - long learning and early literacy; this is accomplished by providing a high quality, safe and nurturing environment, responsive to the culturally diverse and unique needs of each child, through individual and interactive learning opportunities, supported by excellence in teaching and research - based instructional practices aligned with the NYS Learning Standards and the District's curricula, in partnership with parents, staff, policy makers and community organilearning and early literacy; this is accomplished by providing a high quality, safe and nurturing environment, responsive to the culturally diverse and unique needs of each child, through individual and interactive learning opportunities, supported by excellence in teaching and research - based instructional practices aligned with the NYS Learning Standards and the District's curricula, in partnership with parents, staff, policy makers and community organilearning opportunities, supported by excellence in teaching and research - based instructional practices aligned with the NYS Learning Standards and the District's curricula, in partnership with parents, staff, policy makers and community organiLearning Standards and the District's curricula, in partnership with parents, staff, policy makers and community organizations.

The webinar focuses on the Center's goals for the next two years; how CEELO will be supporting state early childhood goals in upcoming month; highlights signature projects building leadership and organizational capacity, birth to third grade data and policy, and financing and sustaining high - quality early learning programs; and, hallmarks state leaders from AZ, IL, KY, and NE discussing with their work with CEELO.

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A significant body of research indicates that young children, especially those with high needs or from vulnerable populations, can benefit from high - quality early learning experiences.

«The event demonstrated there's a chance we'll find an early learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education progearly learning champion who will value the importance of high - quality early learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education progearly learning programs for all of California's kids with teachers who are compensated fairly,» said Patricia Lozano, executive director of Early Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education progEarly Edge California, an advocacy organization promoting expanded early education progearly education programs.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

Under ESSA, a new preschool program will, for the first time, «promote coordination in early learning among local communities; align preschool with early elementary school; and build the capacity of teachers, leaders, and others serving young children to provide the highest - quality early learning opportunities.»

The goal is to guide educators so that each child has access to quality instruction and that struggling students — including those with learning and attention issues — are identified early and receive the necessary supports to be successful.

As reformers learned the hard way three years ago with then - Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's re-election defeat (and three years earlier with the defeat of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson), you can't simply count on voters to concern themselves only with overhauling failing schools, especially if the candidate's flaws — including an inattentiveness addressing quality - of - life issues, and a demeanor at which even Winston Churchill would look askance — are too much for voters to overlook.

«Education and, in many ways, success in life begins with high - quality early learning experiences.

The two goals work hand in hand — high - quality early childhood education and high school education with greater learning choices.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council's (NRC) 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth to Eight, offers recommendations for building a high quality early childhood workforce with the knowledge, competencies, education, and support to promote children's development and learning.

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We are committed to continuing to share successful practices from these programs with educators across the state to help all children receive high - quality early learning opportunities.»

CAS President Dr. Rosie Vojtek chats with the new executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) about the state's budget impasse; CAPSS» ambitious plan for transforming CT's education system; the importance of high quality early learning programs; how technology has revolutionized education; and, the ideal relationship between the superintendent and the building principal.

Support from highly trained specialists, along with funding for educational scholarships has proved vital for professionalizing the ECE workforce and enhancing the quality of early learning environments.

New Teacher Center's Early Learning program provides job - embedded professional learning opportunities for coaches and administrators with an emphasis on early learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instrucEarly Learning program provides job - embedded professional learning opportunities for coaches and administrators with an emphasis on early learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instLearning program provides job - embedded professional learning opportunities for coaches and administrators with an emphasis on early learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instlearning opportunities for coaches and administrators with an emphasis on early learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instrucearly learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instlearning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instruction.

Research indicates that when children are reached with high quality early learning experiences, they are 40 % less likely to fall behind in school.

Such gaps, combined with increased stress and burnout, can contribute to high turnover rates among prekindergarten teachers, which can lower classroom quality and hamper early learning opportunities for children.

This report's findings underscore the need for greater coordination between Head Start and state and local government agencies to build high - quality early learning programs with widespread reach and adequate funding.

rovides job - embedded professional learning opportunities for coaches and administrators with an emphasis on early learning pedagogy and formative assessment tools targeted at quality instruction.

Through the Quality Counts Career Center, the Forum works with programs and practitioners to establish professional development plans and quality improvement plans towards improving the early learning environment at centers and ultimately children's school reaQuality Counts Career Center, the Forum works with programs and practitioners to establish professional development plans and quality improvement plans towards improving the early learning environment at centers and ultimately children's school reaquality improvement plans towards improving the early learning environment at centers and ultimately children's school readiness.

«Education and, in many ways, success in life begins with high - quality early - learning experiences,» said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan after the House passed the Early Learning Challenge early - learning experiences,» said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan after the House passed the Early Learning Challenlearning experiences,» said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan after the House passed the Early Learning Challenge Early Learning ChallenLearning Challenge Fund.