SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Educators are looking for a way to fund early childhood programs after Missouri voters turned down a tobacco tax proposal. Educators said Amendment 3 would have provided up to $300 million for education. “I think it’s disappointing we don’t have more support for the ways […]
A Way Forward: How Government Can Support A High Quality Early Years Workforce
With more and more childcare settings reporting difficulties in recruiting and retaining the practitioners they need to deliver the high provision children and families deserve, it is welcome news that Government is now consulting on its requirement that all qualified staff must have minimum grade C in GCSE Maths […]
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We need to invest in pre-K for the sake of our nation
When we pause on Veterans Day on Friday to thank those who devote themselves to military service, we are thanking them for the talents and character traits they put on the line for our country. They are strong leaders, selfless public servants and brave women and men. They also […]
Children must develop early independence in learning
Virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman speaks about the importance of developing early independence, as both a musician and a person, in the interview below. Zukerman speaks more extensively about his teaching philosophies in The Strad’s September 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App . ‘A […]
New study finds anesthesia during early childhood poses little risk for learning later on
Anesthesia during early childhood surgery poses little risk for intelligence and academics later on, the largest study of its kind suggests. The results were found in research on nearly 200,000 Swedish teens. School grades were only marginally lower in kids who’d had one or more common surgeries […]
Why Canada Needs A Universal Child Care Program
Rhiannon Archer was excited about having her first baby — until she found out about the high cost of child care in Canada. Her son, Jude, was born in December 2015. Now, the downtown Toronto mom says she can’t go back to her administrative job in the television industry […]
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8 Feels No One Tells You You’ll Have When You Put Your Child in Daycare
It’s been two and a half years since I’ve become a work-from-home mom, and I wouldn’t have it any other way … or at least, that’s what I initially thought. With the promise of working from the comfort of my home and raising my two boys (now almost 3 […]
Mimi Graham: If babies could vote in this 2016 election
If babies could vote in this tough election, they’d want more than a kiss on the cheek. If they could talk, imagine what they would say about the issues that matter to them — to win their support. These newest little humans would want parents who are ready to […]
Letter writer: Candidates need strategy for early learning
A recent bipartisan poll shows that in the midst of a divisive election year, there is an issue that unites all North Carolinians — early learning. Significant majorities of Republicans, independents and Democrats want more investments in early learning — including providing greater access to […]
Education secretary stresses need for high-quality early learning
John B. King Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Education, delivered the twelfth annual Walter N. Ridley lecture in Alumni Hall Wednesday at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Photo/Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. focused on the importance of both quality and […]
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