Reporter's Notebook
State policymakers often do not grasp the importance of high-quality care and education for young children, do not share a common language to discuss related issues, and lack a clear sense of how to shape early-childhood policy, asserts a report released here during the Education Commission of the States' annual conference.
Such knowledge gaps often pose significant obstacles, the report says, as policymakers grapple with how to improve and coordinate services for young children, better prepare their states' preschool teachers, and expand states' capacity for planning and evaluating programs for early education.
The Denver- based ECS has worked with state policymakers over the past year in an effort to close those gaps as a part of an initiative focusing on early-childhood education. The organization's annual conference, which took place from July 17- 21, featured early care and education as a...
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