My colleague Amy O’Leary, director of our Early Education for All Campaign, tells a story that illustrates how far the field of early education and care has come over the past several years. Amy has been going to meetings of the Boston Alliance for Early Education since she was a preschool director in Boston’s South [...]
Archive for the ‘Head Start’ Category
“Creating a Culture of Quality” for Early Education
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Early Learning Challenge, Head Start, NAEYC, Professional development & preparation, QRIS on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Case for Sustaining Head Start
Posted in Federal, Head Start on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kathleen McCartney, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, weighs in on the future of Head Start in a column “Cutting Head Start is Bad Fiscal Policy” posted on CNN’s website. The early education program for children from low-income families is entangled in the stand-off in Congress over the federal budget for fiscal year [...]
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