Iredell County Partnership for Young Children’s Comprehensive Benefits Plan

by Lisa Familo, Executive Director, The Iredell County Partnership for Young Children The Need COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our early education workforce, all of which predated the arrival of the pandemic. Early childhood educators are the workforce behind the...

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Heckman Equation Launching Blog

It has been a great month for early childhood development. Following the President’s State of the Union address last month, it seems you can’t turn on the radio or open a newspaper without hearing about “birth-to-five,” “high-quality early...

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New KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Improving Health, Declining Economic Security for Children in North Carolina

A Fresh Look at Child Well-Being Revamped KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows Improving Health, Declining Economic Security for Children in North Carolina (RALEIGH, NC)- If the new analysis released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation is any indication, previous investments in...

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Unexpected Supporters of Early Childhood Education Speak Up

First 2000 Days Website Launched Stephanie Carroll Carson, Public News Service-NC http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27380-1 (07/12/12) ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - The first 2,000 days of a child's life are what education experts say are crucial to his or her development. North Carolinians from all walks...

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Smithfield-Selma Area Chamber of Commerce Supports Early Learning

The Greater Smithfield-Selma Area Chamber of Commerce wrote a letter to North Carolina legislative leaders supporting early childhood programs in the state. Chair Jason Wenzel writes, "We are sensitive to the difficult choices faced by all of our elected leaders; however...

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NC Justice Center Releases New Brief on Concentrated Poverty

Today the Budget and Tax Center released a brief, "Barriers to Opportunity: The Growing Problem of Concentrated Poverty in North Carolina's Neighborhoods", that takes a look at the impact of high-poverty neighborhoods on the well-being of its inhabitants. Using...

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More Stars, Higher Quality Child Care, Cultivates Productive Citizens of North Carolina

More research that shows the relationship between high quality care  and child outcomes. The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has a new fact sheet documenting research that demonstrates North Carolina’s child care system supports working families and economic development. Highlights include: Recent Study...

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Stop Investing in Stadiums…Start Investing in Kids

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has posted a fantastic interview with Art Rolnick, an economist and former research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He talk about how he came to write a report with Rob Grunewald about economics...

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Increase Investments in ECE for Economic Growth

Early childhood education and quality child care are among the top investments that should be increased to create the foundation for long-run economic growth according to a new report. Our Fiscal Security, a collaborative effort of The Century Foundation, Demos...

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Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children

The Foundation for Child Development has released its 2010 Annual Report, Securing Our Future? Rethinking Public Investments in America's Children. In the annual essay, Ruby Takanishi and Lisa Chen make a case for a greater investment in our children's...

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