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Updates relating to
Early Care issues in the state of Florida.
| Jim Stringfellow: How to save money, save lives |
Date Published: 6/30/2008
In government, as in business, to make a major impact on costs one 'goes where the big bucks are.' Consider this; Of our county present budget of $334 read more... Source: Gainesville Sun |
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Posted on 07-01-2008
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| House Education Committee Advances Federal Support for Pre-K |
Date Published: June 26, 2008
Earlier today we wrote about legislation that the District of Columbia passed last month to establish universal pre-k here in Washington, D.C. Today D read more... Source: The Early Ed Watch Blog |
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Posted on 06-30-2008
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Date Published: 6/25/2008
We must lend our voice to the ever-growing chorus of outrage over the impending change in the way subsidized child care is handled in Manatee County.
read more... Source: Bradenton Herald |
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Posted on 06-26-2008
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| Are the neediest kids getting into Florida's pre-K program? And, if so, are they getting out of it what they need? |
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Posted on 06-26-2008
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| Letter: Day care funding cuts hurt children, families |
Date Published: June 14, 2008
We are all in a state of “shock,” if you will, regarding all the budget cuts that are affecting Florida’s children.
read more... Source: Vero Beach Press-Journal |
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Posted on 06-16-2008
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| Texas district tries to lure Florida teachers |
Date Published: May 27, 2008
Along Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, the billboard beckons teachers: "Your future is in our classroom," it says.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 05-28-2008
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Date Published: May 15, 2008
More children have enrolled in Florida's voluntary prekindergarten program. Upon completion, more children who had enrolled (61 percent) were determin read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 05-28-2008
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| Critics: Proposal to lock up teens wasteful, 'punitive' |
Date Published: April 22, 2008
A bill that would give judges the authority to overrule state guidelines and lock teens in state-run detention centers for a wider variety of offenses read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 04-22-2008
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| Other states woo California teachers amid wave of pink slips |
Date Published: April 18, 2008
SAN DIEGO - Precious Jackson has two years of teaching under her belt and two school teacher-of-the-year awards to show for it. She also has a pink sl read more... Source: Assocaited Press |
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Posted on 04-22-2008
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| State releases list of low-performing pre-K providers |
Date Published: February 20, 2008
While the state Department of Education lists 16 Treasure Coast voluntary prekindergarten providers as low performing — some for the second consecutiv read more... Source: TC Palm |
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Posted on 02-26-2008
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| Florida preschool expulsion rates 18 times that of K-12 |
Date Published: February 18, 2008
Before they even start kindergarten, some of the Treasure Coast's youngest learners have a record of misbehavior.
read more... Source: Start News |
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Posted on 02-22-2008
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Date Published: February 20, 2008
About 90 percent of voluntary prekindergarten programs in Brevard County successfully prepare four-year-olds for success in kindergarten, giving them read more... Source: Florida Today |
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Posted on 02-21-2008
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| Nobel laureate touts preschool |
Date Published: November 20, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - A Nobel prize-winning economist told about 200 business leaders yesterday that investing in quality education for preschool children can read more... Source: The Republican |
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Posted on 11-21-2007
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| A leg up, but only for some |
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Posted on 11-09-2007
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| 51,000 Broward students can skip FCAT practice test |
Date Published: November 7, 2007
The Broward school district is trying to change an all-FCAT, all-the-time culture, one step at a time.
read more... Source: Miami Herald |
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Posted on 11-07-2007
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| Majority of children in public schools in the South are poor |
Date Published: October 29, 2007
WASHINGTON | For the first time in more than 40 years, the majority of children in public schools in the South are poor, according to a report release read more... Source: Kansas City Star |
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Posted on 10-31-2007
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| Funding shifts ease budget cuts, schools to lose $100 per student |
Date Published: September 27, 2007
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Legislative proposals rolled out Thursday would ease planned budget cuts through funding shifts and by tapping one-time tax dolla read more... Source: Sarasota Herald Tribune |
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Posted on 09-28-2007
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| Advocacy group slams Florida for reducing pre-K budget |
Date Published: September 26, 2007
Florida may be one of only seven states offering pre-kindergarten to all of its 4-year-olds, but a national advocacy group derided its lawmakers Tuesd read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 09-26-2007
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| Erosion of diversity draws little notice |
Date Published: September 25, 2007
As Pinellas officials built a new system of neighborhood schools from the ground up this summer, they also dismantled the machinery that powered the d read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 09-26-2007
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| PreK classes plant the seed of education |
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Posted on 09-19-2007
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| Pre-K dilemma: Broward's worst schools in poor areas |
Date Published: August 31, 2007
Nearly all of Broward County's poorly rated preschools are in poor or working-class neighborhoods — the very communities the state says are most in ne read more... Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
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Posted on 09-04-2007
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| State sets VPK performance standards |
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Posted on 06-21-2007
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Date Published: 05/21/2007
Florida's Department of Education offers new test scores as proof of what educators, voters and enlightened employers already knew: Pre-kindergarten w read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 05-22-2007
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| State releases pre-K ratings |
Date Published: 05/15/2007
Broward preschools that participate in the state's free pre-kindergarten program perform better than the state average, according to information relea read more... Source: Miami Herald |
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Posted on 05-15-2007
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| Florida's, and South's, pre-K advantage |
Date Published: 05/12/2007
Below are excerpts from ''Pre-Kindergarten in the South,'' a study by the Southern Education Foundation (www.southerneducation.org) released on Thursd read more... Source: Miami Herald |
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Posted on 05-15-2007
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| Pre-K program needs stronger standards |
Date Published: 04/11/07
Some important but nonvoting support is gathering for improving the quality of Florida's universal pre-kindergarten program, which was a 2002 constitu read more... Source: Tallahassee Democrat |
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Posted on 04-13-2007
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| Crist says he supports degree requirement for pre-k teachers |
Date Published: 04/02/2007
“How do you argue against having certified teachers? I don’t want to make that argument,” Crist says.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 04-02-2007
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| FLORIDA EDUCATION: Universal pre-K needs teachers with degrees |
Date Published: 03/26/07
As former governors, we may find ourselves with different points of view about political issues, but we all agree that one of life's greatest joys is read more... Source: Miami Herald |
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Posted on 03-26-2007
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| More control sought over day-cares run by religious groups |
Date Published: 03/22/2007
With each passing year since Tekela Carter's 2-year-old daughter died after child-care workers left her in a sweltering van, she becomes more discoura read more... Source: Daytona Beach News Journal |
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Posted on 03-23-2007
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| Florida Pre-K Isn't Making Grade |
Date Published: March 14, 2007
Member Center TAMPA - Florida's prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds again hovers near the bottom of a national ranking, losing points for spending read more... Source: Tampa Tribune |
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Posted on 03-14-2007
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| Survey faults oversight of child care |
Date Published: 03/01/2007
Many states are distressingly lax in their regulation and oversight of child care centers, according to a new nationwide survey that gives its lowest read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 03-02-2007
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Date Published: 02/16/2007
If education experts agree on anything it is this: The earlier a child learns numbers, letters and colors, the better, and the way to accomplish that read more... Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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Posted on 02-16-2007
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| U.S. group urges $40 bln/yr more for early education |
Date Published: 02/14/2007
The U.S. government should spend $40 billion more per year on intensive early childhood education akin to "Head Start on steroids," Brookings Institut read more... Source: Yahoo News |
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Posted on 02-16-2007
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| Early Education A Remedy for Societal Inequities? |
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When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently spent more time addressing economic disparities and the need for better education than he did inte read more... Source: ETS |
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Posted on 02-14-2007
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| Crist's budget big on schools, environment |
Date Published: 02/03/2007
His spending proposal to lawmakers touches on everything from movies to prisons.
read more... Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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Posted on 02-05-2007
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| Many fail to take advantage of free pre-kindergarten |
Date Published: 01/21/2007
Many parents didn't take advantage of free pre-kindergarten because they didn't know about it, a Broward school district survey shows
read more... Source: Miami Herald |
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Posted on 01-22-2007
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| Teacher Quality & Teacher Pay Reforms Studied |
Date Published: 12/15/2006
Education research convincingly shows that teacher quality is the most important schooling factor influencing student achievement. A very good teacher read more... Source: American Progress |
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Posted on 12-18-2006
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| Pre-K program credited with turning young Broward students into good readers |
Date Published: 12/12/2006
At least one-third of Broward County's current kindergartners began school ill-prepared to learn to read, according to an annual state screening of ea read more... Source: Sun-Sentinel |
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Posted on 12-12-2006
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| Few Broward schools exceed class-size cap |
Date Published: 11/29/2006
A fraction of Broward schools have too many kids in some classes, according to the state, and it's not yet clear what that will cost the district.
read more... Source: The Miami Herald |
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Posted on 12-01-2006
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Date Published: November 15, 2006
When Floridians voted in 2002 for a statewide universal pre-kindergarten program, they may have thought themselves pacesetters. Surely the rest of the read more... Source: Gainesville Sun |
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Posted on 11-17-2006
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| State Pre-K Budget Doesn't Add Up |
Date Published: October 26, 2006
Florida continues taking heat for the quality of its voluntary pre-k program while it remains in the plus column for increasing funding during the pro read more... Source: Tampa Tribune |
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Posted on 10-26-2006
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| State pre-K program under fire |
Date Published: October 25, 2006
Advocates of early education call Florida's program the model that states should avoid.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 10-26-2006
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Date Published: October 18, 2006
When looking at second-year figures for the state's voluntary prekindergarten program, it helps to have the childlike ignorance, impulsive excitabilit read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 10-18-2006
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| Kids deserve quality pre-K |
Date Published: October 4, 2006
Universal prekindergarten is underfunded. Here are five steps to get the Florida program on track.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 10-18-2006
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Date Published: August 28, 2006
Fewer than half of Florida's eligible 4-year-olds were enrolled in the state's first voluntary pre-kindergarten programs last school year and summer. read more... Source: Palm Beach Post |
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Posted on 08-30-2006
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| What kind of Pre-K house hath Florida built? |
Date Published: August 25, 2006
Any builder worth his salt knows when you lay a foundation your line must be true from the start. If it's off half an inch in the first foot, it will read more... Source: Hernando Today |
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Posted on 08-30-2006
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| Group demands answers on pre-K |
Date Published: August 15, 2006
Children's Campaign wants concrete solutions from the gubernatorial candidates about how they'd improve the program.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 08-15-2006
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| Doing pre-K right will cost more |
Date Published: June 8, 2006
The mandate for pre-K was overwhelming; four years later, the state instead is investing $2,560 per student.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 06-12-2006
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| Group calls for pre-K progress |
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Posted on 06-01-2006
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Date Published: May 30, 2006
Some parents are thrilled with how the state-funded program is working out. Others say quality is lacking. Low participation is a worry.
read more... Source: St. Petersburg Times |
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Posted on 06-01-2006
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| Unfinished business-Universal pre-K is far from ideal |
Date Published: May 2, 2006
Florida lawmakers, as a class, apparently don't have child-care issues - certainly few are rearing 4-year-olds for whom preschool education or daily c read more... Source: Tallahassee Democrat |
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Posted on 05-04-2006
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| Unfinished business-Universal pre-K is far from ideal |
Date Published: May 2, 2006
Florida lawmakers, as a class, apparently don't have child-care issues - certainly few are rearing 4-year-olds for whom preschool education or daily c read more... Source: Tallahassee Democrat |
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Posted on 05-02-2006
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| Bugs in pre-K hit low-income kids hardest |
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Posted on 04-24-2006
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| Florida pre-K program too new for ranking, but lags in many areas |
Date Published: March 24, 2006
Florida's voluntary pre-kindergarten program is too new to be included in rankings released Thursday by a national research center, but preliminary da read more... Source: Tampa Tribune |
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Posted on 03-24-2006
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| Pre-K and Politics 2005: Pre-K Momentum Continues Nationwide |
Date Published: March 1, 2006
Political Barometer to measure progress of national movement.
read more... Source: Pre-K Now |
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Posted on 03-14-2006
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| Pre-K and Politics 2005: Pre-K Momentum Continues Nationwide |
Date Published: March 1, 2006
Political Barometer to measure progress of national movement.
read more... Source: Pre-K Now |
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Posted on 03-03-2006
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| Pre-K and Politics 2005: Pre-K Momentum Continues Nationwide |
Date Published: March 1, 2006
Political Barometer to measure progress of national movement.
read more... Source: Pre-K Now |
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Posted on 02-19-2006
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| Corporate America Is Fertile Ground for Pre-K Support, Says New Survey |
Date Published: February 1, 2006
Concerns about the supply of skilled workers and the United States' global competitiveness are driving support for pre-k among American business execu read more... Source: Zogby International |
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Posted on 01-21-2006
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| Five-State Study Shows Significant Gains from Pre-K |
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Posted on 01-11-2006
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| State: 40% in kindergarten lack key skills |
Date Published: December 9, 2005
Nearly 40 percent of Florida's current kindergarten class started school ill-equipped for learning to read, state officials found in their annual scre read more... Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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Posted on 01-11-2006
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| New Report Reveals Voters Support Increased Funding for Early Education,Child Care and After-School Programs |
Date Published: November 21, 2005
As states cut funding for child care and early education programs, many advocates for children have found resolve in taking their cases directly to vo read more... Source: National Women's Law Center |
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Posted on 12-09-2005
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| Five-State Study Shows Significant Gains from Pre-K |
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Posted on 12-09-2005
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| State: 40% in kindergarten lack key skills |
Date Published: December 9, 2005
Nearly 40 percent of Florida's current kindergarten class started school ill-equipped for learning to read, state officials found in their annual scre read more... Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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Posted on 12-09-2005
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| New Report Reveals Voters Support Increased Funding for Early Education,Child Care and After-School Programs |
Date Published: Nov. 21, 2005
(Washington, D.C.) As states cut funding for child care and early education programs, many advocates for children have found resolve in taking their read more... Source: National Women's Law Center |
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Posted on 11-22-2005
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| Opportunities for UPK Advocates Thanks to National Leader |
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Posted on 11-04-2005
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| Voluntary pre-K isn't off to a good start |
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Posted on 10-26-2005
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Date Published: October 17, 2005
Our position: Florida can wait no longer to address pricing complaints about the program.
read more... Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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Posted on 10-26-2005
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| Roy Miller: ECA "Florida Champions for Children" award recipient |
Date Published: October 07, 2005
Please join me in congratulating our own Roy Miller, the 2005 recipient of the Early Childhood Association of Florida's "Florida Champions for Childre read more... Source: Iamforkids.org |
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Posted on 10-07-2005
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| Business grades pre-K: Needs work |
Date Published: October 15, 2005
A glaring fault, leaders say at a TaxWatch forum, is lawmakers' failure to require degreed teachers.
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