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Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers Fails to Reach Many
One of the least-discussed federal special education programs is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C grants for infants and toddlers. IDEA Part C is a $443 million program...
View ArticleMapping Inequality in Washington, D.C. -- Interactively
In October, DC Action for Children released DC Kids Count, an “e-databook” that graphically maps socioeconomic disparities across Washington D.C. neighborhoods. The maps are detailed and elegant, and...
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Final Webinar in PreK-3rd Series: Policies for Scaling Up Reforms
For nearly a year, the PreK-3rd Grade National Work Group has hosted free webinars on how to reduce the achievement gap by focusing on children’s early years: pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first,...
View ArticleEducation Ranking Systems Are Based on Varying Measures of Success
Three organizations recently released new education rankings of states. Education Week’s Quality Counts is a comprehensive analysis of states’ education policies and student outcomes, conducted by the...
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Media, Language Development and Cascading Effects
Until I became immersed in research on child development, I thought learning to read was a project confined to the years of kindergarten, first and second grade. But as countless studies have shown,...
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Harkin Retirement Could Have Big Impact on Education
A ripple ran through the education world last week when Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced he would not run for reelection...
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State of the Union: #16Words to Spark an Education Revolution
“The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” – George W. Bush, 2003 State of the Union Address A single statement is sometimes...
View ArticleWhite House Seeks to Avoid Across-the-Board Spending Cuts: What You Need to Know
President Obama called an afternoon press conference today to request that Congress circumvent the across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled for March 1. Instead of allowing the...
View ArticleIdeas Requested on Gov’t Proposal to Start Collecting Data on Pre-K
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a division of the U.S. Department of Education, is proposing to collect data for the annual State of Preschool Survey, which for the last nine years...
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A PreK-3rd Spotlight on Union City, NJ
In education policy, where so much of the focus is on how much is wrong with today’s schools, it’s refreshing to see examples of something going right. In an op-ed yesterday in the New York Times,...
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Comments on State of Preschool Survey 2013-2015
Author(s): Lisa GuernseyFebruary 12, 2013On February 12, 2013, the Early Education Initiative submitted comments in response to a request from the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S....
View ArticleOur Official Comments on Federal Data Collection on Pre-K
Last week we alerted our readers to a call from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a division of the U.S. Department of Education, for comments on their proposal to collect data for...
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State of the Union Calls for Greater Access to Pre-K, Provides Few Details
In a wide-ranging State of the Union address delivered to the full House and Senate last night, President Obama earned a long applause when he called for a new initiative to “work with states” to...
View ArticleQuestion 1 on Obama’s Pre-K Plan: How Will It Be Financed?
President Obama’s State of the Union call to expand access to pre-K for low and middle-income four-year olds leaves the early childhood world excited, but with many questions. The biggest: How does the...
View ArticleGeorgia and Oklahoma Show What’s Possible in Pre-K – and Where Challenges Lie
Early education advocates have been clamoring for details since Tuesday evening, when President Obama used his State of the Union to propose the goal of universal preschool for four-year olds. Today,...
View ArticleNew Details: Obama’s Pre-K Proposal Stresses Birth through Five Continuum,...
In President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday, he called on Congress to expand high-quality early learning opportunities to low- and moderate-income children. Today, with the release of a...
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Federal Report Finds Educational Inequities, Pushes for Access to Early Learning
The Equity and Excellence Commission, a board established by Congress in 2010 to study school finance issues, released its final report this week, For Each and Every Child. The Commission’s...
View ArticleDon’t Forget Full-Day Kindergarten
An under-examined aspect of President Obama’s new early childhood education plan is his proposal to encourage states to create more full-day kindergarten seats – though only after states are able to...
View ArticleWhiplash: From Last Week’s Hope to the Prospect of Deep Funding Cuts
The early education world is about to suffer some serious whiplash. Last week was a time of excitement and hope, as President Obama announced his proposal for expanding preschool. This week the mood is...
View ArticleFacing Up to Fade-Out: About Preschool and the Birth-to-Third-Grade Continuum
This morning, The Atlantic published a commentary I wrote with my colleague Laura Bornfreund about facing up to "fade-out." The article describes why, if Obama's preschool plan is to gain momentum, it...
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