3 Reasons Why Early Learning Deserves More Attention in This Election
Last week, the Newark Star-Ledger's Linda Ocasio asked me why our presidential candidates should be talking about early learning and child care -- the lead topic in an open panel discussion hosted by...
View ArticleFlorida: Lessons for Gaining A Fuller Picture of Pre-K at the Local Level
Last week, the New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative and Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) rolled out a major expansion to FEBP’s education database. For the first time, the site...
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How Pre-K Is Funded: A New Resource from the Early Education Initiative
In September the Early Education Initiative added pre-K data from the state and school-district levels to the Federal Education Budget Project database -- already the only comprehensive, centralized...
View ArticleA Recommendation for a First Step Toward Better Pre-K and K Data
Currently, it is impossible to know how many children are enrolled in publicly funded pre-K within the boundaries of any given district. This is a serious impediment, not just for local superintendents...
View ArticleNew Early Learning Challenge Winners Announced
Today the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services announced five winners for the second round of the Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge: Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico,...
View ArticleFirst Thoughts on Study of Head Start's Impact on 3rd Graders
On a day that many educators and office workers are madly finishing tasks or already traveling to prepare for the holidays, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released results from a...
View ArticleNew Details on the President’s Pre-K Plan
The release of the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget provides a clearer picture of the quality standards states would have to meet to receive funds under the Obama administration’s “Preschool for...
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Four Years Later, Progress and Pitfalls for State Advisory Councils on Early...
This guest post was written by Christina Satkowski, a former program associate for the Early Education Initiative and author of the 2009 New America paper, The Next Step in Systems-Building: Early...
View ArticleChild Care Legislation Heightens Emphasis on Quality
Last week, amidst the release of multiple reauthorization bills for No Child Left Behind, key members of the Senate produced a draft bill for reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block...
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Pairing Investments in College Access with Investments in Early Education
My hometown, Kalamazoo, Michigan, made waves in 2005 when the superintendent of the local public school system announced that anonymous donors had established a fund to cover the college tuition of...
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Washington Races Forward In First Year of its Early Learning Challenge Grant
This guest post was written by Paul Nyhan, a journalist and early education expert. He writes about early education at Thrive by Five Washington.For the past several years, Congress has approved...
View ArticlePre-K Debates: Access and Quality
In the early education policy world, the research consensus supporting public investment in high-quality pre-K programs is overwhelming. We know that money spent on these programs leads to big savings...
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