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The Economic Crisis Hits Early Education

  • By
  • Sara Mead
December 5, 2008
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Must Reading

  • By
  • Sara Mead
December 5, 2008

Richard Colvin makes the case against allowing the scandals around Reading First and the less than glowing results of the recently released Impact Study of the program to launch a new reading wars. We concur.

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More on Early Education in the Transition

  • By
  • Sara Mead
December 4, 2008

We recently took a look at the early education experts staffing the Obama-Biden transition’s agency review team for the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency that administers Head Start, the Child Care and Development Block Grant, and other major federal early childhood investments.

Thinking Bigger about Changing the Odds

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  • Christina Satkowski
December 2, 2008

 

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Things We're Thankful For

  • By
  • Sara Mead
November 26, 2008

Early Ed Watch is going to be taking off the next few days to allow us to enjoy some turkey and all the fixings with family and friends. But we'll be back next week with more early education coverage, including this New America event. In the meantime, the holiday spirit has got us thinking about some of the things we're grateful for this Thanksgiving:

It's Hard to Learn if You're Hungry

  • By
  • Sara Mead
November 25, 2008

As Americans prepare for the annual gluttony that accompanies Thanksgiving, it's hard to believe that far too many children in this country are going hungry. More than 12 million American children live in low-income families that sometimes can't afford to buy enough food to feed them. That's a grim reality that threatens these children's development, health, learning, and longer term prospects. It's also something that's totally within our power to stop.

Should Preschool Be Part of the Stimulus Package?

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  • Sara Mead
November 25, 2008

With Congress considering a massive stimulus package intended to jumpstart the struggling economy, it’s not surprising that everyone in Washington wants to make sure their pet issues get a piece of the action. There are even rumors that pre-k investments could be part of the stimulus package.

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New America Event: Changing the Odds for Children at Risk

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  • Sara Mead
November 24, 2008

A lot of what we do here is focused on one question: How can America's public education system produce better outcomes for the most disadvantaged youngsters? We focus on early education because we think the evidence is pretty compelling that dramatically improving the way we educate our youngest children--from infancy through early elementary school--has to be the starting point of any reasonable answer to that question.

The Last Word on Reading First? Don't Bet On It.

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  • Sara Mead
November 24, 2008

Last week the Department of Education released the final report of the Reading First Impact Study, a rigorous evaluation designed to measure the effectiveness of the federal Reading First program, which funds scientifically based literacy programs in kindergarten through third grade.

Daschle to HHS

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  • Sara Mead
November 21, 2008

The education blogosphere is running rampant with speculation about who President-elec

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