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High-Quality PreK-3rd: How Much Does It Cost?

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 16, 2009

How much does it cost? And, how are we going to pay for it? Debates about improving quality, access, and alignment in early education programs often hinge on these two questions.

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The Trouble with Touting the $10 to $1 Benefit-to-Cost Ratio for Pre-K

  • By
  • Lisa Guernsey
April 15, 2009

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President Obama Reads "Where the Wild Things Are" To Children at White House Egg Roll

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 14, 2009

PreK-3rd in Action: Learning From the States

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
April 13, 2009

The National Association of State Board of Education has a new resource for anybody thinking about PreK-3rd alignment. It's the report of their Early Childhood Education Network, a three-year initiative to improve PreK-3rd alignment in six states: Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, and Virginia.

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Learning from New Jersey's Experiences with PreK-3rd Reform

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 10, 2009

In a new book, In Plain Sight: Simple, Difficult Lessons from New Jersey's Expensive Effort to Close the Achievment Gap, former New Jersey assistant commissioner of education Gordon MacInnes describes what the New Jersey Department of Education and some of the state's highest poverty districts did to narrow the achievement gap for disadvantaged youngsters.

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North Carolina Pre-k Program Faces Cuts

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 10, 2009

Earlier this week we reported on the National Institute for Early Education Research's 2008 State of Preschool Yearbook, which found that states made significant progress in improving pre-k quality and access last year. We also noted that pre-k advocates are very concerned that the current budget crises in the states could derail progress on early education that has been made over the past few years.

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More from HHS

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 10, 2009

HHS has released guidance and state allocations for $2 billion in Child Care and Development Fund funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Guidance at the link above, state allocations after the jump.

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New ACF Grants for Studies on Head Start, Child Care and New Research Center

  • By
  • Lisa Guernsey
April 9, 2009

Seeking funding for research on child care centers or Head Start? Have some ideas for the creation of a federal center dedicated to research on young English-language learners? Consider submitting them to the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation for the Administration for Children and Families. The office, which is part of U.S. Health and Human Services Department, is seeking proposals this spring for three grant programs related to early childhood research.

Details -- pasted from the OPRE news listserv -- are below. Deadlines are quickly approaching. You've got until the end of this month to get letters of intent out the door.

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Duncan's Education Policy Has An Unlikely Supporter: Singer Neko Case

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  • Sara Mead
April 9, 2009

As a fan of singer Neko Case, I was already disappointed that I didn't act in time to get tickets to her two sold-out concerts in Washington, D.C., this week. But now I'm even more bummed. The New Republic reports that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan attended and introduced Case at last night's performance.

Reading the NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
April 8, 2009

The 2007-08 school year was a good one for pre-kindergarten expansion, but the gains may be shortlived, according to a state-by-state update released today by the National Institute for Early Education Research. NIEER's annual State of Preschool Yearbook is the most comprehensive compilation of data on pre-k enrollment, funding and quality out there.

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