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2007 Yearbook
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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News

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 ...

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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.


Events

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. ...

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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.

 

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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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