Early Learning and Child Care: Unaffordable, Unattainable, Unsustainable
Parents and employers rely on affordable, quality child care to support a robust workforce – but it’s often out of […]
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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 […]
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June 7, 2011 From Head Start to the Hill: Watch Chuck Testify
Remember FFYF’s friend Chuck Mills? The former Marine One pilot featured in FFYF’s “Our Head Start” campaign? The one who […]
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June 6, 2011 On Your Marks, Get Set…
Early learning leaders in states may feel a little like thoroughbreds in those agitated few minutes just before the starting […]
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June 3, 2011 Education Experts Weigh In on the Early Learning Challenge
National Journal’s education insiders are talking early learning this week. See what they have to say, and read my own […]
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May 25, 2011 Breaking News! $500 Million for Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge
Moments ago, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius revealed the number we’ve all been […]
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May 24, 2011 An Ode to Early Learning’s Accidental Friend, Charlie Sheen
The First Five Years Fund pauses to tip its hat to our improbable hero of the day—Charlie Sheen—as he continues […]
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March 21, 2011 Busting Myths About Head Start’s Effectiveness
When I was an editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune and a public official said something aggressively wacky, what followed […]
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February 16, 2011 FFYF Testifies in Favor of Statewide Competition at ED ELC Forum
Earlier today, FFYF participated in a public forum hosted by the U.S. Department of Education about the structure of the […]
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February 14, 2011 Valentine’s Day Hearts (and Darts) for Children
The President just released his FY12 budget, and the news is good for early education. So as not to “bury […]
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February 13, 2011 What does the President’s budget mean for early learning?
The President released his FY2013 budget proposal today, and, while we’re not overwhelmed by Valentine’s hearts and flowers for early […]
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February 11, 2011 Welcome to the Starting Point: Bringing the Baby Into the Room
The late Irving Harris was a businessman, philanthropist and early education evangelist who emphasized the importance of “bringing the baby […]
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February 7, 2011 Early Learning Challenge Fund: More Important than Ever
As states across the country confront unprecedented budget deficits, early education is under fire. In Iowa, some legislators proposed eliminating […]