Thursday, May 27, 2010

Early Ed news roundup 5/15

May 14, 2010 (The Washington Post)
Study finds that effects of low-quality child care last into adolescence
Low-quality care in the first few years of life can have a small but long-lasting impact on a child's learning and behavior, according to new results from the largest, most authoritative assessment of child rearing in the United States.

May 12, 2010 (WFAA TV, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX)
DISD outlines pre-kindergarten expansion plan
The Dallas Independent School District is discussing whether to make pre-kindergarten available for a full day system-wide. Doing so would nearly double the number of full-day classrooms, but it could also mean cutting the number of teachers.

May 11, 2010 (The Washington Post)
Full-day preschool found to benefit boys, black students more
The study found that among African American students and boys in general, those who attended full-day pre-kindergarten classes outperformed their Head Start peers who had only half-day programs on reading benchmarks. But the results also applied more broadly.

May 11, 2010 (The Oklahoman)
Editorial: Oklahoma's pre-K, scholarship programs making marks
Oklahoma is the only state where almost every 4-year-old can attend a quality pre-K program, according to the report.

May 7, 2010 (The Baltimore Sun)
Editorial: Excellence at an early age
Last year, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill directing the state education department to plan a gradual expansion of pre-K eligibility that would eventually include every child in the state. The first stage would have seen the eligibility limit on family income rise from 185 percent to 300 percent of the federal poverty line, increasing the programs' current $101 million cost by $19 million.

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