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Race to the Top 2011

Will the 'Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge,' a new $500 million grant competition, trigger big changes in early learning? Which states have what it takes to win? We're watching every step of the way.
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Watching Teachers Work

Identifying good teachers is a high priority in education reform. The teacher observation tools discussed in our newest policy paper can help.
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Early Learning in ESEA

Will this be the year for the long overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the law known for many years as No Child Left Behind?

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Early Ed Watch Podcasts

Over 20 podcasts from the Early Education Initiative that feature in-depth conversations with education experts.

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A Closer Look at the Budget

Will the federal government keep funding early learning programs at current levels?

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Clare McCann
Friday, February 10, 2012
President Obama announced this week that 10 states will receive waivers of some of the most punitive provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), kicking off a year of focus on how and if states will start changing their systems to align with the administration’s priorities.
Lisa Guernsey
Thursday, February 9, 2012
This week and next, the STEM acronym will get some major airtime, as the Obama Administration tries to drive home the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in its new budget proposals.  The President kicked off the conversation in his State of the Union Address, and he...
Laura Bornfreund
Thursday, February 9, 2012
This is the second post in a series on winners of the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC), the Obama Administration’s competition to spur improvements in early learning for children up to age 5.  Earlier this week, we wrote about states’ plans to use quality rating and improvement...
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Laura Bornfreund
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