Feb
03
2020
What is Leandro v. North Carolina?
Leandro v. North Carolina is a lawsuit filed in 1994 by five low-wealth school districts who claimed that they did not have enough money to provide an equal education to their students. In 1997, the...
Nov
15
2019
No Small
Matter is a feature-length
documentary film and national engagement campaign that brings public attention
to this vital question by sharing powerful stories and stunning truths about
the human capacity for early intelligence and the potential for quality early care
and education to...
Sep
16
2019
Ever wonder about the history of preschool in the United States? In the 1960s only ten percent of the nation’s three and four-year olds were enrolled in a classroom setting. Head Start, the first publicly funded preschool program, was created in 1965...
Aug
15
2019
Robeson County Partnership for Children has been funding use of the CLASS tool and My Teaching Partner Coaching with teachers since 2013. My Teaching Partner is designed to address the complexity of being...
Apr
06
2019
Buncombe Partnership for Children received a $400,000 grant to help expand the Western North Carolina (WNC) Early Childhood Workforce Development Program which addresses the shortage of early childhood educators.
Buncombe will lead the initiative to increase the number of teachers...
Dec
12
2016
New research from Nobel Laureate economist James J. Heckman and colleagues finds that comprehensive, birth-to-age-five early childhood programs can produce higher economic returns than those previously established for preschool programs serving 3- to 4-year-olds.
Professor James Heckman and colleagues from...
Jan
27
2015
Against all odds, prekindergarten is gaining ground.
President Obama called again in his State of the Union address for Congress to support high-quality preschool for all, noting that 30 states are already moving ahead on this front (including New York).
“Research...
Jan
30
2014
Jan. 29, 2014
Against all odds, prekindergarten is gaining ground.
President Obama called again in his State of the Union address for Congress to support high-quality preschool for all, noting that 30 states are already moving ahead on this front (including...
Sep
11
2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Heather Strickland – hstrickland@smartstart.org, 919-821-9564
NC Partnership for Children Hosts Faith Summits Across State
Faith Leaders Will Discuss the Vital Role They Play in Building Strong Foundations for Children
RALEIGH, NC—The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) is hosting a...
Jun
11
2013
(ChildCare Aware of America) Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have introduced a bill to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the primary federal grant...
