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Ted Kennedy
Champion of Early Care and Education
Date
August 28, 2009
Senator Kennedy leaves behind a towering legacy of fighting for children’s healthy development: “Were it not for Kennedy’s unwavering commitment to improving the lot of young children, we likely would have far less federal support for young children’s development across the board,” said NIEER Co-Director Steve Barnett.
Which leaves us all with the question: Where do we go from here? How can the vacuum in children’s advocacy be filled?
Read Sen. Kennedy’s Newsmaker interview with Preschool Matters earlier this year.
About NIEER
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, conducts and disseminates independent research and analysis to inform early childhood education policy.
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