Mar
14
2012
The Center for Early Literacy Learning has released several new resources. Check them out and take advantage of them!
Three new CELLcasts. CELLcasts are audio/video versions of CELL practice guides which are available to view online or download. Give Me,...
Mar
07
2012
BUILD and the QRIS National Learning Network, in collaboration with the Early Learning Challenge Collaborative, just released a brief entitled: Unlocking the Potential of QRIS: Trends and Opportunities in the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Applications.
Written by Louise Stoney, the brief explores the...
Mar
06
2012
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Mar
02
2012
North Carolina, along with 21 other states, is featured in a new report on quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS)iv. Based on interviews of child care center directors, conducted by CLASP and the National Women's Law Center, A Count...
Feb
28
2012
The House Select Committee on Early Education Improvement has released its Report of Recommendations to the General Assembly and is requesting public comment. The draft recommendations focus almost exclusively on North Carolina's Prekindergarten Program (NC Pre-K).
The North Carolina Partnership...
Feb
22
2012
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...
Feb
14
2012
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...
Feb
03
2012
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...
Jan
20
2012
(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...
Oct
24
2011
Dr. Donna Bryant, a Senior Scientist at FPG Child Development Institute, tells Barlow Herget that early education works for children, especially poor, at rick children if they continue to receive a good education throughout their school years. Hear what Dr....