Washington Post faults Obama’s reference to preschool studies - by Lillian...
“In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children — like Georgia or Oklahoma — studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold...
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Head Start administrators get little guidance on impact of sequester - by...
UPDATE: March 5, 2013 – Five days into the sequester, Head Start administrators are still reporting that they have had no communication from the federal government about how or when the cuts will begin...
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NIH study shows early math matters - by Lillian Mongeau
A low score on the assessment of number system knowledge in first grade significantly increased a student’s risk of getting a low functional numeracy score as a teenager. Starting with poor number...
View ArticleFederal officials provide some details on Head Start sequester - by Lillian...
Six days after budget cuts mandated by the federal sequester went into effect, details on how and when the cuts will affect Head Start programs in California are trickling in. It’s not good news....
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Scott Moore: Not investing in preschool is ‘mortgaging our future’ - by...
Scott Moore has been an advocate of early childhood education for California’s youngest children for years. He served as the executive director of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Early Learning Advisory Council...
View ArticleSenators introduce preschool bills since State of the Union - by Lillian Mongeau
Four new pieces of legislation aimed at expanding preschool nationally have been introduced in the U.S. Senate in the weeks since President Barack Obama made a call for universal preschool in his State...
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Passage of Prop. 30 opens preschool doors to hundreds in Fresno - by Lillian...
Students at a district-run preschool in Fresno match letter magnets to an alphabet chart. Thanks to Proposition 30, getting a spot in free public preschool in Fresno just got a lot easier. A...
View ArticleReport: More pay, fewer sick days for Oakland teachers - by Lillian Mongeau
The National Council on Teacher Quality was in Oakland on Wednesday to release the findings of their year-long study on the policies and practices impacting effective teaching in the Oakland Unified...
View ArticleThe Atlantic takes on the touch-screen generation - by Lillian Mongeau
Touch screen technology isn’t much older than most of the children using it and there is still little research showing how that use affects brain development, reports Hanna Rosin in her recent article...
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Head Start programs across the state cut services, children - by Lillian Mongeau
A toddler in an Early Migrant Head Start program in Modesto works on a puzzle. Central California Migrant Head Start has a grant renewal date of March 1. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today (This...
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Migrant program offers lessons for reaching Latino preschoolers - by Lillian...
Teacher Gabriela Mora reads Los Tres Cerditos, or The Three Little Pigs, to her Migrant Head Start class. Credit: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today HUGHSON – Long before President Obama triggered a new...
View ArticleAdvocates launch state push for Obama’s early education plan - by Lillian...
A campaign to support President Barack Obama’s universal preschool initiative was launched in Sacramento on Tuesday by early childhood education advocates, a coalition of superintendents from around...
View ArticleWinners of Head Start grant re-competition announced - by Lillian Mongeau
Every one of the four California Head Start operators required to compete for their federal grant in a new process aimed at improving program quality was told Tuesday that their grant had been renewed....
View ArticleObama wants tobacco tax to pay for universal preschool, New York Times...
President Barack Obama will propose raising taxes on tobacco to fund his ambitious plan to provide preschool for every child, the New York Times reported Friday. Details of the proposed tax won’t be...
View ArticleOakland Unified Superintendent Tony Smith to resign June 30 - by Lillian Mongeau
In a surprise move Friday morning, Oakland Unified Superintendent Tony Smith announced that he is stepping down at the end of June. In his letter of resignation, Smith said his father-in-law has...
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Long Beach has jumpstart on transitional kindergarten - by Lillian Mongeau
Joshua Lide (left) and London Green (right) work on their journal entries in their transitional kindergarten classroom at Carver Elementary School in Long Beach on February 7, 2013. Credit: Lillian...
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Obama budget would allocate $75 billion over next decade to preschool - by...
A girl plays at the water table in her state-funded Montessori preschool classroom in East Palo Alto on March 28, 2013. Obama’s proposed budget would provide funding to expand programs like this one....
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Q & A: Early learning revolves around emotional connections - by Lillian Mongeau
Ross Thompson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UC Davis. Credit: UC Davis Ross Thompson is a distinguished professor of psychology at University of California, Davis. He studies healthy...
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Family fee for half-day state preschool likely to be rescinded - by Lillian...
Jordan Riley, 4, builds a tower with magnetic blocks during his state-funded afternoon class at the Creative Montessori Children’s Learning Center in East Palo Alto. Jordan’s grandfather, Willie Riley,...
View ArticleCalifornia’s preschool access gap bigger than national average - by Lillian...
One out of every four 3- and 4-year-old children in California is not enrolled in preschool of any kind, according to an interactive map created by the left-leaning Center for American Progress. The...
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