The State of Preschool 2007: State Preschool Yearbook State-funded preschool sees a rise in per-child funding, expands access, and continues the march toward higher quality standards. Yet 12 states still provide no state preschool for their children.
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May 8, 2008 Editorial: Alabama's state budgets won't make everyone happy, but they do manage to protect and even expand some important programs The education budget, which the Senate will likely debate today, ...
May 7, 2008 Pre-K Essential For Later Success According to the Center for Public Education, every dollar spent ...
May 7, 2008 Fewer teachers leaving after first year, panel told Also during the meeting, the joint committee approved an interim ...
PK-3 Research and Evaluation Small Grants Program The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announces a grants program to be funded through its PK-3 Research and Evaluation Forum. A maximum of four awards of up to $50,000 each will be provided to researchers proposing to use one or more datasets from the PK-3 Data Resource Center: The First Six Years of Schooling and Beyond.
May 20, 2008 Working Forum on Men in Early Childhood Education Honolulu, HI – This conference will explore the history and current place of men's participation in the field early childhood education. ...
Partnering for Preschool In this study of the New Jersey Abbott preschool program, researchers identify ingredients of success others can use in developing programs with mixed delivery systems.
Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control Findings from a study appearing in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), show that the play-based Tools of the Mind curriculum can improve cognitive control (executive function) in preschool-age children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Preschool: America's Best Investment Can investing in high-quality early education reduce the demand for high-cost special education, social welfare and criminal justice systems?
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