Statement from Dr. Steve Barnett on the Build Back Better Framework’s Historic Opportunity to Strengthen Early Education and the Nation
The Build Back Better Framework offers a historic evidence-based opportunity to transform early education in…
Author Ernest Landante Jr
States Sharing Strategies to Target Federal Funds to an Integrated, Equitable, High-Quality System of Early Care and Education
For the past month, we have talked to state leaders about how they are working…
South Carolina: Care and Education for the Whole Family
South Carolina’s First Steps is a unique public-private hybrid focused on supporting children’s readiness for…
Building for the Future of Maryland’s Young Children
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)’s Division of Early Childhood (DEC) has administrative oversight…
Unification of Virginia’s Early Childhood System and the Impact on ARPA Planning: “We’re at a change point in Virginia”
Boosted by its federal Preschool Development Birth to Five Grant (PDG B-5), the State of…
Louisiana: Strategic Investments at a Critical Time
Since 2012, Louisiana’s birth-to-five early care and education (ECE) system has been consolidated within the…
Arkansas Department of Human Services ARPA Planning: Engaging Providers and Parents to Ensure Short Term Funding Leads to Long Term Impact
In the end of May 2021, we had a conversation with Director Tonya Williams of…
Our North Star: An Integrated, Equitable, High-Quality System of Early Care and Education
The pandemic brought into stark relief the critical need for early care and education (ECE)…
Early Learning and Child Care on Canada’s Agenda
Canada’s Budget 2021 is focused on pandemic recovery, including the intention to develop a country-wide…
Are We Willing to Pay More than Lip Service to High Quality Early Learning?
We talk a lot about how we have strong, bipartisan support for high-quality preschool in…