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Degrees of Appreciation

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
May 8, 2008

It's National Teacher Appreciation Week, the time of year when we thank teachers for the hard work they do to educate the nation's children. But which teachers are we talking about? Research shows that early education is just as important the K-12 years, providing an important and fundamental base for success in the later grades.

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Bangalore's Growing Preschool Market

  • By
  • Sara Mead
May 7, 2008

It's become a cliche among politicians and early education supporters to argue that the United States needs new early childhood investments to prepare our youngsters to compete with workers in India and China--or "Beijing and Bangalore" as Barack Obama recently said.

Campaign Watch: Democratic Candidates Push Early Ed In Indiana and North Carolina

  • By
  • Sara Mead
May 6, 2008

Voters in Indiana and North Carolina cast their presidential primary votes today--a big day for Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who are battling it out for the Democratic presidential nomination. Over the weekend, both Clinton and Obama gave significant speeches in a final push to make their case for the presidential nomination to Indiana and North Carolina voters. Both mentioned early education.

At the North Carolina Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh, N.C., Hillary Clinton said:

Happy National Charter Schools Week!

  • By
  • Sara Mead
May 5, 2008

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A Second Look at Reading First

  • By
  • Sara Mead
May 5, 2008

Last week the Institute of Education Sciences released the first report from an ongoing national evaluation of Reading First.

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Early Ed Roundup: Week of April 28 - May 2

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
May 2, 2008

Increased Funding for Early Ed in Michigan

Lawmakers in Michigan are planning to direct $5 million in additional funding to Head Start Programs in the state. Though the funds are meant to increase enrollment in the program, some of the money will go to reopen Head Start centers that closed this year because of a decrease in funding last year.

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Hawai'i Joins the Pre-K Club

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 30, 2008

On Tuesday, the Hawai'i legislature passed legislation to lay the foundation for a pre-k and early education system in the state.

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Early Education at Risk?

  • By
  • Sara Mead
April 28, 2008

Last week's Nation at Risk anniversary spawned a boatload of commentary on the seminal report's impacts, as well as the continued shortcomings in American public education 25 years later. Thinking about Nation's impacts on early childhood and elementary education can be perplexing. As E.D.

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An Apple for the Governors

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
April 28, 2008

Twenty-seven governors mentioned pre-k or early education initiatives in their State of the State addresses this year, but how many followed up their rhetoric with action? Pre-K Now takes a look in the just-released "Leadership Matters: Governors' Pre-K Proposals Fiscal Year 2009," their annual barometer of governors' priorities when it comes to funding pre-k and early education.

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Early Ed Roundup: Week of April 21 - April 25

  • By
  • Christina Satkowski
April 24, 2008

Following the First 5 Dollars in California

California's First 5 program funds many preschool and early childhood programs in the state, but savvy parents have used grants from the zero-to-five program for everything from child ice-skating lessons, marriage workshops, and a Santa Claus costume.

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