Preschool/Pre-K
Federal
Comenzar temprano con la alfabetización oral es fundamental para el futuro éxito de los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma
Más estados y distritos escolares están apuntando a llegar a los estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma en las primeras etapas de su educación ya que cada vez más la evidencia de investigación demuestra que la exposición temprana a la enseñanza de un idioma promueve las oportunidades de los niños para alcanzar más logros académicos en el futuro.
Early Childhood
Congressional Pre-K Caucus Launches With Celebrity Guests
The bipartisan caucus is intended to help lawmakers understand the benefits of early-childhood education, and to boost pre-K access nationwide.
Early Childhood
What Do We Know About Pre-K? That We Should Start Sooner, Says Report
The strongest early-childhood research suggests that high-quality child care and home-visiting programs have stronger positive effects on children than prekindergarten for 4-year-olds, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute.
Early Childhood
Minnesota Governor Unveils Scaled-Back Preschool Proposal
Minnesota has money and support for preschool from the top, but a major preschool expansion is not in the plans this legislative year.
Equity & Diversity
Study Examines Efforts to Improve Head Start Access for Refugee Children
Research indicates that immigrant families have less access to initiatives such as Head Start, a federally funded program that provides early education for children from low-income families.
Federal
Early-Ed. Measures Percolate at State, Local Levels
Proposals include a soft-drink tax in Philadelphia to help boost early education and a bipartisan push for expanded pre-K in Minnesota.
Early Childhood
Opinion
The Largest Voucher Program You've Never Heard About
Publicly funded pre-K programs are reliant on private providers, with interesting implications for K-12 education.
Early Childhood
Opinion
A Constitutional Right to Pre-K?
All state constitutions guarantee a right to public education, but what constitutes a "public education" is increasingly up for debate.
Early Childhood
Opinion
Here's Why Preschool Suspensions Are Harmful
Preschool suspensions promote failure, not success, for vulnerable students, write education professors Denisha Jones and Diane Levin.
Early Childhood
Opinion
How We're Bringing Quality Preschool to Scale
The city of Cleveland has a successful high-quality preschool program. Eric Gordon and Marcia Egbert explain why it works.
Early Childhood
Early Education Again a Focus in States, But Will Action Follow?
Last year, there was far more talk than action among legislators and policymakers about expanding early-childhood education. The talk has started again.
Federal
Obama: I Will Keep Fighting for Preschool and College Access
President Barack Obama also made clear in his State of the Union address that he will fight to expand access to STEM courses, and the training and recruiting of good teachers.
Early Childhood
Want Preschool Benefits to Persist? Give Kids High-Rated Elementary Teachers
A study of Tennessee preschool students found that those who were taught by highly rated 1st grade teachers performed better than those who had highly rated teachers but did not attend state preschool.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Law Adds to Pre-K's Stature as Federal-State Priority
The Every Student Succeeds Act locks into law a $250 million grant program to support states as they develop preschool programs and directs money to state early-childhood literacy efforts.