Revamped Proposal Positions Child Care for Inclusion in Reconciliation
As negotiations on a budget reconciliation bill evolve on Capitol Hill, HELP Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (WA) and Senator Tim […]
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April 18, 2012 Early Learning Funding Update: Good News and Not So Good News
Hot off the press: Congressman Rehberg, the chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee that funds early learning programs, released his […]
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April 9, 2012 BREAKING – Five States Invited to Apply for 2012 Early Learning Challenge Funding to Improve Statewide Systems of Early Learning
Fans of state-based early learning system building have something to cheer about today: the U.S. Department of Education and the […]
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March 23, 2012 Ed Announces Early Learning Grants for States in 2012
In an eagerly-anticipated moment for early learning, the U.S. Department of Education revealed its intention to fund additional state-level grants […]
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March 1, 2012 Farewell and Best Wishes
On my last day as Executive Director of the First Five Years Fund, I’m acutely aware of both the changes […]
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February 8, 2012 Mr. T and “Amy T”: Early childhood inspiration from two unusual suspects
Today we celebrate another quiet success story of the Head Start program: Amy Sell. Amy grew up in Wisconsin amid […]
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December 16, 2011 Congrats to Early Learning Challenge applicants and selected states, thanks to Congress for supporting Round 2
In a joint announcement this morning, the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services awarded Early Learning Challenge […]
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December 15, 2011 Waiting for Congress and for ELC announcements
Hi everyone, As we alluded to earlier this week, we thought by now we’d be able to share final FY12 […]
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December 13, 2011 Stay tuned for big early learning announcements!
Heads up: We hear from solid – though unofficial – sources that Early Learning Challenge winners will be announced this […]
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December 8, 2011 Early Learning Challenges
The first round of states selected to win an Early Learning Challenge grant hasn’t even been announced, but that hasn’t […]
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November 8, 2011 A Little Healthy Competition
As big fans of quality, accountability, and improved outcomes for our nation’s most at-risk kids, we at the First Five […]
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October 12, 2011 FFYF applauds Senate’s efforts to include early learning in ESEA
FFYF supports integrating early learning into a reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Please read our recent media alert: […]
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September 28, 2011 Just one more thing, Mr. Roker…
Dear friends, It has been an exciting, if somewhat surreal, week for FFYF and for early learning. This morning, after […]
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July 15, 2011 Build and FFYF Announce the Early Learning Challenge Collaborative
Thanks to the diligence and hard work of the early learning community, the Early Learning Challenge is a reality. In […]
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July 7, 2011 Your RTT-ELC Homework Assignment (with Cheat Sheet)
Dear friends, We hope that sometime between breakfast at Wimbledon and the rockets’ red glare you squeezed in last weekend’s […]
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June 30, 2011 RTT-ELC 101, An Introduction to the Challenge
As promised, here is Team FFYF’s quick recap of what we just heard from the early learning policy gurus in […]