Secretary Arne Duncan on Early Learning

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says this about early childhood education. " It's easily the best investment we can make." Watch the video for more.

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New ECE Finance Website

The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance announces the launch of its new, re-designed website, www.earlychildhoodfinance.org.  The site is organized around the four pillars of the0rganization's work – ECE Finance (including strategies and cost modeling), ECE Policy, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, and...

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Studies Point to Importance of Education for NC's Early Childhood Teachers

Financial incentives provided to early childhood teachers in North Carolina are paying high dividends in the form of quality education for children, with more teachers pursuing advanced degrees across the state. The level of education an early childhood teacher...

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Promote quality infant-toddler child care

This just in from Zero to Three's eNewsletter, The Baby Monitor. The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative at ZERO TO THREE recently published four new documents. Keys to High Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers: State and Territory...

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Washington Post Series on Early Childhood

The Washington Post just completed a week-long series on early childhood issues. Dylan Matthews, a student at Harvard and a researcher at The Washington Post, interviews some of the leading national early childhood policy experts, including: Danielle Ewen, director of child...

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Understanding Child Care Quality

Early care and education can prepare children for school, but while some preschool and child care programs do an excellent job, others are inadequate and some may even harm healthy development. This study focuses on child care center directors...

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Vote in the Pepsi Refresh Project to support early childhood teachers

Have you voted?! You can increase funding to provide more college scholarships for early care and school age professionals across the nation! T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® has the opportunity to win $250,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project. Vote now! North Carolina provides...

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Child Care Costs More than College Tuition in Many States

Parents paying for child care know all too well about the findings from Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2010 Update--paying for child care is VERY expensive! Published by the National Association of Child Care Resource &...

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