State and local experts headed to the Hill to discuss how states are building a better US by investing in quality early childhood education beginning at birth, and what the federal government can do to advance their innovative approaches.
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- May 06, 2013The George Kaiser Family Foundation helps pay for 530 newborns-to-four-years-olds to attend year-round his signature program: Educare, available at three locations in Tulsa. Another 170 kids attend the foundation-funded Educare in Oklahoma City.
- Apr 30, 2013Florida’s Head Start early education program will have to turn away 2,000 children next year if Congress doesn’t fix automatic, across-the-board spending cuts, Congresswoman Kathy Castor said Tuesday.
- May 08, 2013“Even though the economies are bouncing back, you’re seeing state legislatures and governors are still slow to replace and or grow early learning programs,” says Kris Perry, executive director of the DC-based advocacy group the First Five Years Fund.
- May 10, 2013“I am calling on Congress to immediately pass a balanced deficit-reduction plan that smartly trims unnecessary future spending while preserving the initiatives that matter most to our quality of life, particularly early childhood services,” Lowey said.
