Posted by Susan Ochshorn, on January 30th, 2011
As state economies tank and ECE moves lower on the policy agenda—our President mentioned nada about early childhood in his State of the Union—we need some cheering up. So here’s a quick update on collaboration and synergy, from early to higher education, in the Bronx.
But first, some hard, cold data:
40 percent of children in the [... click post title to read more ...]
Posted by Susan Ochshorn, on August 3rd, 2010
Kudos to Lisa Guernsey, for recently highlighting “a key problem” for early educators: the lack of access, among pre-kindergarten teachers—in state-funded pre-K as well as community-based child care—to federal funding for their professional development.
This “key problem” is one of many systemic issues plaguing early care and education (ECE)—underinvestment, fragmented, low-quality services, inadequate compensation, high turnover—all [... click post title to read more ...]
