“The Early Learning Challenge grant and an improving economy provide an opportunity for Massachusetts to truly lead the nation. We must invest more in all children, but particularly our youngest learners.” Amy O’Leary, Early Education for All Campaign, Boston, January 17, 2012
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Posted in Early Learning Challenge, MA state budget, Quotes on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
MA Governor Joins Early Learning Challenge Celebration
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early Learning Challenge, Federal, MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Reading proficiency on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.” The familiar children’s song, performed by preschoolers from Boston’s Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House, set the tone for yesterday’s event at the Massachusetts State House celebrating the federal Early Learning Challenge grant of $50 million over four years that the commonwealth was awarded last month. From [...]
Build on the Momentum: Increase MA Investments in High-Quality Early Education and Care
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, MA governor, MA state budget on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On December 20, some 50 people gathered at the nation’s first consolidated Department of Early Education and Care for the Executive Office of Education’s public forum on the fiscal year 2013 Massachusetts state budget. The forum, convened by Secretary of Education Paul Reville, took place just days after Massachusetts was awarded $50 million and earned [...]
Happy Holidays
Posted in Early Learning Challenge, Federal, MA state budget on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Eye on Early Education will resume publication on January 3, 2012.) As another year draws to a close and 2012 approaches, we wish you a happy, healthy new year. We thank you for your work on behalf of young children and families. We invite you to celebrate Massachusetts’ success in the federal Race to the [...]
Cracks in the Foundation of MA K-12 Funding
Posted in K-12, MA state budget, Research on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The foundation budget established under the Education Reform Act of 1993 to calculate adequate baseline spending for the state’s public school districts understates the costs of special education and health insurance by more than $2 billion, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. “By comparing actual spending to the foundation [...]
Invest in our “Rising Stars”
Posted in MA state budget on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick neatly summed up the economic argument for investing in education when he announced the education agenda for his second term last month. “In Massachusetts, where brainpower is our calling card,” he said, “we need the best educated citizenry and workforce in the nation.” Ensuring that Massachusetts children are proficient readers by [...]
At the November EEC Board Meeting
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early educators, Early Learning Challenge, MA state budget, QRIS on November 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Board of Early Education and Care approved a preferred fiscal year 2013 budget that is $823,000 above FY12 funding. The preferred budget includes funds for a separate line item for the Quality Rating and Improvement System as well as for unfilled positions in the department. In other news from the November meeting of the [...]
At the October EEC Board Meeting
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early Learning Challenge, Federal, MA state budget on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Virginie Cazir, the mother of Gabriel Josh-Cazir Pierre, the toddler who died after being left unattended for hours in a transportation company van last month, appeared before the Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care last week to ask for stronger regulation and oversight of transportation. In her emotional testimony, our research analyst, Emily Levine, [...]
Whither Funding for Early Education and K-12 in MA?
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, K-12, MA state budget on October 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
How much has the fiscal crisis spawned by the deep recession affected funding for early education and care in Massachusetts? How does funding for public schools in the commonwealth compare to other states? The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center has some answers in two recent briefs. Behind the numbers the center cites are children and [...]
Massachusetts State Budget Update
Posted in MA state budget on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today, the House and Senate approved the FY12 compromise budget of $30.6 billion. The budget is $700 million higher than that of the current fiscal year, and was crafted without $1.5 billion in federal stimulus aid that the state relied on in FY11. The Department of Early Education and Care and its programs were funded [...]
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