Love this post from Birth to Thrive Online:
Beverly Park Elementary School kindergarten teacher Richard Dunn says he’s never had such a great start to the school year … and the school year doesn’t officially start until next week.
Dunn and four other kindergarten teachers at the White Center-area school are at school this week with many [...]
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Starting the school year early…and with a big dose of hope
Yes, Virginia (and Stan), there is a Plan!
With apologies to 8 year old Virginia O’Hanlon from 1897.
Q: “DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no early learning plan. Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so. Please tell me the truth; is there a plan for the development and implementation of [...]
Discussion on Head Start & Early Learning Challenge Fund
A discussion with Danielle Ewen, director of child care and early education policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), delves into the current state of early childhood education on the national level, including the proposed Early Learning Challenge Fund.
Here’s an excerpt from the Ezra Klein blog on the Washington Post site:
The administration [...]
Blowing My Ed Policy Mind
I go to a lot of meetings. And I mean A LOT. Sometimes they have different names: meetings, conferences, work groups, seminars, hearings, work sessions, colloquia, assemblies, conventions, workshops, appointment, rendezvous… but whatever they are called, they are pervasive in my work and life.
So I have gotten really good at tuning in and tuning out. [...]
Good Day Sunshine. Good Day Crayon.
“I need to laugh, and when the sun is out I’ve got something I can laugh about. I feel good, in a special way. I’m in love (with our state’s early learning legislative champions) and it’s a sunny day. Good Day Sunshine.”
Good Day Crayon: The ELAA Crayon Awards
What better could you possibly have to do [...]
Impact of pre-K through 3rd grade alignment
Over the last decade, educators and policymakers have started to really embrace the importance of early learning on a child’s life. In Washington State, the creation of the Department of Early Learning and Thrive by Five are some of the examples of our growing commitment to investing in young children.
Now, the conversation among early learning [...]
Crayon Awards recognize early learning leaders
Education leaders in Washington State are thinking more about early childhood education these days thanks to parent advocates and the Early Learning Action Alliance (ELAA).
ELAA is a coalition of organizations representing a diverse group of Washington nonprofits, professional associations, businesses and industries working to ensure that every child is ready to succeed by kindergarten. LEV [...]
The Fed Reserve <3’s Early Learning
This post was written by LEV intern Laura Hagen today, her last day with us. Auf Wiedersehen Fraulein und Danke.
The fiscal numbers at the end of July painted a very bleak picture of the ever-fragile recovery – consumer confidence is falling, growth is slowing, and jobs are still hard to come by. (If you feel [...]
The Race to Protect Early Learning Funding…And They’re Off…
Before the Governor even releases her budget proposal or the legislature comes into session, we are facing possible immediate cuts in child care funding. Basically, this state of affairs is due to the performance of the overall economy (poor revenues and increased demand for services) and deadlocks at the federal level (FMAP and TANF.) So, [...]
Early education = earnings
Time and time again, studies show the importance of early childhood education. However, detractors like to point to research on the “fade-out effect” — middle and high school students who benefited from quality early learning showed little improvement on test scores over children who did not. Now, a new study promises to change the conversation [...]
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