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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Change is Coming-What does this mean for Head Start?

New Brief: Reforming Head Start | NewAmerica.net

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- Zero to Five Plan: Obama's comprehensive "Zero to Five" plan will provide critical support to young children and their parents. Unlike other early childhood education plans, Obama's plan places key emphasis at early care and education for infants, which is essential for children to be ready to enter kindergarten. Obama will create Early Learning Challenge Grants to promote state "zero to five" efforts and help states move toward voluntary, universal pre-school.

- Expand Early Head Start and Head Start: Obama will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both.

- Affordable, High-Quality Child Care: Obama will also provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families.

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EC Smart
Chicago, IL, United States
On Twitter: @ECSmart As an early educator, I have been lucky to have had experiences working in almost every aspect of the field--child care, public schools and informal learning environments. Each of my experiences have provided me with the chance to try something new: teaching, training, developing curriculum and assessment, observing and facilitating play, and monitoring and evaluating programs. EC Smart started as a way for me to share what I've learned about different aspects of the field. I hope it inspires some to try something different or ask, "why?"
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