Early-Education Research Viewed as a Policy Tool
In a sign of continued commitment to early education despite state budget woes, more than 100 public officials and business leaders from 14 states have gathered here this week to learn how to apply the most up-to-date knowledge on child development to the challenges facing pre-K programs.
The participants include state legislators, representatives from governor’s offices, early-childhood-education policy experts, and members of the private sector—“the key people who can make something happen,” said Steffanie Clothier, a child-care and early-childhood-education expert at the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures.
The June 26-27 meeting, called the National Symposium on Early Childhood Science and Policy, also represents a new partnership of the NCSL, the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices, and the Center on the Developing Child, located...
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