School Readiness
Early Childhood
Parents as Teachers Launches Home-Visiting Program With Technology Twist
A pilot program in Los Angeles will allow 65 families to interact through a web-based teleconference platform with trained parent-educators, rather than have those counselors meet them at their homes.
Federal
Head Start Among Programs Boosted in Proposed White House Budget
Early-childhood priorities, such as more money for home visiting and child care, can be found throughout the federal budget proposal released Feb. 9 by the White House.
Early Childhood
Early Learning Challenge Grant Winners Making Key Gains, Says Ed. Dept.
The Education Department released a positive update of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant program, even as it fights to renew another early-childhood initiative.
Early Childhood
Texas Governor Keeps His Early Ed. Promises
Gov. Greg Abbott made improving early childhood support in his state a key element of his campaign, and he has kept many of those promises.
Early Childhood
Working Brain Science Into Parents' Daily Routine
A Bezos Family Foundation initiative seeks to make early learning part of everyday life for parents. The idea is not a new one, but the approach might be.
Early Childhood
'Kids Count' Report Paints Mixed Picture of Child Well-Being Nationwide
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual data book shows that children were improving in 10 of its 16 indicators of child well-being, but the overall findings obscure racial and regional disparities.
Early Childhood
Preschool Suspension and Expulsion: Root Causes and Solutions
When children are suspended or expelled from preschool for problem behaviors, that often indicates problems that predate that child's enrollment, said experts on a panel earlier this month.
Early Childhood
Report: For Successful Young Adulthood, the Early Years Matter
A large body of research on which non-academic factors lead to success in early adulthood, researchers found that early experiences can have a profound effect.
Early Childhood
Young Children Held Back by Social Class, Study Finds
The Economic Policy Institute says that the gaps between children from high-income and low-income families extend to non-cognitive or "soft" skills, as well as skills such as reading and math.
Early Childhood
'Sesame Street' Boosted School Readiness for Young Children, Study Says
Researchers used a natural division in "Sesame Street" viewership to gauge whether 1960s-era children who could easily watch the TV program fared better than children who lived in markets where the channel was harder to receive.
Early Childhood
Report: Services For Infants, Toddlers Underfunded, Poorly Aligned
The Center for American Progress says services aimed at improving health and education outcomes for infants and toddlers from low-income families are often underfunded and provided in scattershot fashion.
Early Childhood
Cincinnati Leaders Launch Preschool-for-All Initiative
Still to be decided: how many children would be eligible for the program, and how it would be funded. Backers plan to place a question on the ballot by November 2016.
Federal
Home-Visiting, Children's Health Insurance Programs Reauthorized
Approval of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act by the U.S. Senate comes as advocates are focusing on early education as a bipartisan issue.
Early Childhood
Utah Expands Support for Online Preschool Education Program
UPSTART, which also received a federal Investing in Innovation Grant, will be used by an estimated 15 percent of the state's 4-year-olds, according to the company that created the educational software.
