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AFTER THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, NHSA EMPHASIZES EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT HEAD START WORKS
Research Clearly Demonstrates That America’s Comprehensive Early Education/Health Program Is Effective, Generates Long-Term Benefits; Nearly 40-Year-Old Study Cited in Debate is Flawed, Outdated.
National Head Start Association (October 16, 2008) - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A wide range of recent research shows that Head Start -- the nation’s premier early childhood and health program now serving about 1 million children and their low-income families each year -- yields major, long-term benefits for the children and families in the program and the communities in which they live, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). -see press release
Expert task force charges school reform alone will fail in closing achievement gap
(June 10, 2008) - A new task force of national policy experts with diverse religious and political affiliations launched a campaign calling for a "Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" to break a decades-long cycle of reform efforts that promised much and have achieved far too little. [Among other priorities] "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" calls for developmentally appropriate and high-quality early childhood, pre-school and kindergarten care and education. - download press release
Senator Clinton Congratulates
New York State Pre-K Now Award Winners in Washington, D.C.
Award Winners from
Albany, New York, and Suffolk Counties Attend National Award Ceremony
in U.S. Capitol Building
clinton.senate.gov
(July 25, 2007) - Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham
Clinton last week met with New York State Pre-K Now award winners
in Washington, D.C. to congratulate them on their achievements.
The three recipients from Albany, New York and Suffolk counties
were in Washington attending the Pre-K Now national award ceremonies
held in the U.S. Capitol Building. - see press release
Winning
Begining NY and Docs for Tots Receive National Pre-K Advocacy
Award
New York early care and education groups cited for statewide
prekindergarten gains
Winning Beginning
NY (July 19, 2007) - WASHINGTON - Winning Beginning
NY received a national "Pre-K Champion" award for successfully
advocating expansion of New York State-funded prekindergarten
programs. MORE>>
New Research
Shows Pre-K Programs Increase High School Graduation Rates by
10 Percentage Points, Cut Murders by 20 Percent
Law Enforcement Leaders
Call on Congress to Fully Fund Head Start to Cut Crime
Fight Crime Invest In Kids (June 21, 2007) -
As children graduate from high school around the
country, law enforcement leaders today released a new report showing
that providing early education to all at-risk eligible children
would result every year in 50,000 additional high school graduates,
200 fewer murders and 5,500 fewer assaults. MORE>>
Children's Advocates
Applaud Governor's Budget
See as "major down payment" toward comprehensive
early care and education supports
Winning Beginning NY (January 31, 2007) - A
coalition of early care and education advocates is praising Governor
Eliot Spitzer's proposed 2007-08 budget for providing unprecedented
support for New York's youngest citizens. MORE>>
Advocates call for Early Learning Commission
Say Coordination, Oversight Needed
Winning Beginning NY
(December 12, 2006) - Albany, NY--A coalition of
early care and education advocates is calling on Governor-elect
Spitzer to form an Early Learning Commission overseeing New York
State’s early childhood programs and services. MORE>>
Governor approves $50 million additional
UPK funding in 2006-07 Budget
Winning Beginning NY (April 13, 2006) -
Today the Winning Beginning NY campaign applauds the $50 million
increase in Universal Prekindergarten funding in the 2006-07 state
budget. That $50 million increase would be the first new money
for PreK in five years. MORE>>
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