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HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The commonwealth's continuing investment in early childhood education is providing a strong foundation for young children to start school ready to learn and boosting the academic success of at-risk children, according to the Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts year-end report released today by acting Education Secretary Thomas E. Gluck. Issued by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, the report highlights the accomplishments of the 153 grantees and 165 partners who provide early learning services through Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts funding.
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A common misconception [Mary L. Reed] says is diat early childhood educators are thought of as babysitters. That is simply not the case as early childhood education provides the foundation for a child's future success in school. "They [early childcare providers] don't get the recognition they need," Reed said. "We can raise the bar around awareness. Reed said that she and her colleagues will be working very hard over the fall and winter to draft recommendations to bring to legislators' attention at the Statehouse. "We think we have some good dialogue going on," Reed added. "We've.been die voice for die voices." Mary L Reed founded the Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children (BTWIC) in 2002 in hopes of bettering early childhood education and care for all children in Massachusetts. T...
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Pending approval by the Yakima City Council, the Southeast Yakima Community Center could be torn down to make way for a model being funded by the Gates Foundation. The center, funded as part of a $30 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help impoverished children, would serve as a hub for early childhood education and services in east Yakima.
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OCU adds graduate energy programsOklahoma City University's Meinders School of Business has created two energy industry graduate programs.Enrollment is open for the master of science degree in energy management and the master of science in energy legal studies for classes beginning in January.The energy management program will focus on the business side of energy management. The energy legal studies program is designed to give students an advanced base of knowledge of jurisprudence and its application in the energy industry."With OCU's proximity to top energy companies and state governmental agencies, you can combine academic study with practical experience and exposure to top decision makers in the energy industry today," said Steven C. Agee, interim dean of OCU's Meinders School of Bu...
... coordination of French cultural and educational programming for children and adults through L'Alli...Hospitality House receives Helmerich Foundation donationThe Hospitality House of Tulsa has receive...1.Early donations to the campaign were used for remodeling...
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United States Department of Education awards initial year of four- year, $1.15 million dollar grant for program planning, development, and research in Fairfax County Public Schools VIENNA, Va., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announced today the launch of an innovative Early Childhood STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Learning Through the Arts initiative that builds upon Wolf Trap's 30-year history developing and delivering early- childhood arts education programs. This new initiative will infuse STEM learning into pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms using arts- based learning approaches, leveraging decades of experience Wolf Trap has working with public schools and Head Start centers. Through classroom residencies and pro...
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NORMAL - Saying every dollar spent on early childhood education yields $16 in benefits to society, PNC Foundation on Monday donated $120,000 to Heartland Head Start and the Children's Discovery Museum. The grant will be used over three years to pay for Heartland Heart Start fieldtrips to the museum, visits by the Museum in Motion Outreach mobile unit to the preschool and improvements to the current early childhood learning exhibit at the museum.
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ATLANTA - The South, which has lagged for decades in most areas of education, is leading the country in early childhood education enrollment and quality, according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Education Foundation. According to the report, 19 percent of the region's 3- and 4- year-olds are enrolled in state-funded pre-K. That number compares to 12 percent in the Northeast, 9 percent in the Midwest and 5.6 percent in the West.
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... that we must invest at every level, from early childhood through college, to help the next genera... the Recovery Act, school districts, foundations, and community partners are developing innovative ...
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By LINDA HALL Staff Writer
... Barnard of a brochure called "Board of Education's Vision for A Sustainable Future.". The subtitle ... vision is concentrated in four areas -- early childhood education, implementation of the Ohio Im... early childhood education a critical foundation for later academic success, but "every dollar spen...
