Building Ready States

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices has released a new report: Building Ready States: A Governor's Guide to Supporting a Comprehensive, High-Quality Early Childhood State System. "With more than 60 percent of all children from birth to age...

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Some Things to Celebrate

While the year has been difficult and the road ahead will be challenging, Zero to Three reminds us that there were some policy improvements for infants and toddlers in 2010. Download Improvements in Infant-Toddler Policy: Top 10 Policy Achievements of 2010.

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NC Children Shouldering the Budget Crisis?

Sharing this cartoon that we received . . .  2010,the red broom co.

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Education Reform that Works: Early Childhood Education

"There’s an education reform strategy that has 50 years of solid research behind it, with proven results that demonstrate how to improve student achievement. It’s a solution backed by both political parties to help narrow the achievement gap, increase...

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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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Saluting Our Veterans by Supporting Their Families

Kate Sylvester has written an incredibly compelling piece. It begins: In 1954, the 83rd Congress was successful in changing Armistice Day, a national holiday celebrating the heroism of our World War I veterans, to a day that honors the bravery...

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Looking at America's Early Childhood Policies

On October 13, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings and the National Institute for Early Education Research released a new collection of papers that assesses the field of early childhood education and child care. Edited by Senior...

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Investing in Our Nation’s Children and Future

The final release of papers from First Focus' Big Ideas: Game-Changers for Children, proposes ideas for Investing in Our Nation’s Children and Future. The Children’s Budget Karen Crompton and Janis Dubno, both of Voices for Utah Children, discuss the benefits of...

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It's Our Business: Why Business Leaders Support Early Childhood Education

It's Our Business. This is an amazing video! Winning Beginning NY, the Committee on Economic Development, United Way of New York State, and America’s Edge have partnered on a new video, It’s Our Business: Why New York State Business Leaders...

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