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Gov. Bev Perdue announced this morning that her administration will create 2,000 additional slots this year in NC Pre-K classrooms across North Carolina. She has identified $9.3 million that will allow the additional at-risk 4-year-olds to attend NC Pre-K. “NC Pre-K...

Hannah Matthews from CLASP summarizes how the President's budget impacts early childhood. An $825 million increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), comprised of $325 million in discretionary funding and $500 million in mandatory funding (through approval...

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is expected to  introduce the Healthy Kids from Day One Act, a bill that promotes obesity prevention in the child care setting.   North Carolina has been a the forefront of this issue. In 2010, the...

Rivals cost of other high profile public health problems ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect)...

Don't miss this opportunity!  Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, will participate in a live webcast on The Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity: Rethinking Health and Education Policy. The webcast will be moderated...

The Early Learning Challenge Collaborative held a briefing, “Strengthening State Systems: A Closer Look at the Early Learning Challenge,” the week of January 23, 2012. Leaders from North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, and Colorado came together to discuss the earliest outcomes...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Adults who participated in a high quality early childhood education program in the 1970s are still benefitting from their early experiences in a variety of ways, according to a new study. The study...

Yesterday, Governor Bev Perdue called on the General Assembly to restore the three-quarters of the one-cent sales tax that was eliminated during the last legislative session and dedicate those funds to education. In response, Dr. Olson Huff, Chair of the Board...

Today, Stephanie Fanjul, President of The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC), spoke to members of the North Carolina House Select Committee on Early Education Improvement about Smart Start. She reviewed Smart Start’s history, highlighted challenges that Smart...