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Financing Early Childhood Education
- Committed to Reform: Preschool Expansion Moves Forward Despite Financial Obstacles
March 31, 2011 For more than a decade New Jersey’s schools have served as a national model for providing high-quality early childhood education programs to thousands of low-income children, including an ambitious plan approved by the Legislature two years ago to reach even more 3- and 4-year-olds by September 2013.
- Building a 21st Century Economy: The Case for Investing in Early Education Reform
June 17, 2010 New America Foundation makes the case for PK-3. This is the first of a series of papers to define a PK-3 agenda in advance of NCLB reauthorization.
- Universal Preschool: Much to Gain but Who Will Pay?
June 11, 2010 The Foundation for Child Development’s Working Paper Series This Working Paper focuses on feasible ways to finance universal pre-school.
- Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation
June 8, 2010 In many states, one of the major barriers to implementing PK-3 is funding Prekindergarten.
- Excerpt from Building Blocks
June 7, 2010 In this excerpt from his book, Building Blocks, Gene Maeroff examines how schools can help children be successful in the early grades.
- Title I and Early Childhood Programs: A Look at Investments in the NCLB Era
June 4, 2010 This paper explores the wide range of ways in which school districts are using Title I funds for early education through Kindergarten and examines how the implementation of NCLB has impacted those investments.
- Continuing the Investment: Top Notch Early Education Must Extent to Third Grade - and Beyond
June 4, 2010 In a Special Report, Life Changes: The Case for Early Investment in Our Kids, The American Prospect highlighted the need to continue the investment in children’s education to support strong Third Grade outcomes.
- Making the Most of Our Investments: How PK-3 Alignment Can Close the Achievement Gap from the Start
June 4, 2010 In May 2006, Grantmakers for Education (GFE) convened grantmakers, educators and researchers for a member briefing — Making the Most of Our Investments: How PK-3 Alignment Can Close the Achievement Gap from the Start — to examine the rationale and promising approaches for aligning children’s education experiences from PK through Grade Three.