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San Diego County law enforcement officials encourage support for early ed.
San Diego law enforcement officials were joined by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter to release Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California’s new report. The report urges the county to increase spending on early learning programs now as a means of saving up to $160 million annually, as well as considerably decreasing long-term violent crime rates and correction costs. It also calls for a local and national shift to a more integrated preschool-through-graduation approach to education. more
California makes significant gains in annual report, but still fails 6 of 10 quality benchmarks.
While state preschool spending has decreased nationally by about $30 million, the National Institute for Early Education Research’s (NIEER) annual State of Preschool report shows that California has actually increased total pre-k program spending and gained considerable ground in state rankings over the past year. Despite this gain, California still meets only four of NIEER’s ten quality benchmarks. more
National Association of Elementary School Principals call for high-quality pre-k.
Actively searching for a means of closing the wide achievement gap seen in elementary schools across the nation, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) released a report calling for increased attention to high-quality pre-k programs in order to cut the achievement gap by 20 percent, as well as improve school-appropriate behavior, cognitive abilities and test scores. more
White House report says 'winning the future' begins with early learning.
In a recently released White House report, President Obama focuses on improving early childhood education to help empower the nation’s fastest growing demographic to succeed in school and beyond. The report states that the success of our country’s Latino community is necessary in order for the United States to remain globally competitive. more
New study shows benefits of preschool 25 years later. | 07.27.2011
A new longitudinal study shows that children who attended the Chicago Child-Parent Center Education Program had higher educational attainment, income, health insurance coverage and lower rates of justice-system involvement and more, up to 25 years later. more
California Department of Education releases Core Competencies | 07.28.2011
The Childhood Development Division of the California of Department of Education has released the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Competencies. more
Heckman Equation relaunches website | 07.28.2011
Nobel Laureate Professor James Heckman’s website, www.heckmanequation.org, re-launched in mid-June. more
New study shows early care and education industry strengthens entire California economy.
A new study conducted by The Center for Labor Research and Education examines how early child care and education boost state economy. The early care and education industry alone provides the state with 200,000 jobs and high tax revenue. Furthermore, access to high-quality early education programs benefit children, parents and future generations. more
In the Field
SJ2020 emphasizes transitional kindergarten as early learning opportunity for success in school
SJ2020, the campaign launched by the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), the City of San Jose and education, business and community leaders to close the San Jose achievement gap by the year 2020, recently highlighted TK as an important leg of early learning in the area. more
National Council of La Raza and First Book team up for free Spanish language book giveaway
In the next few months, thanks to Disney Children’s Publishing, First Book - a national nonprofit organization that provides access to high-quality, free and low-cost books for programs and schools who serve children in need - will be distributing more than 1 million free Spanish language books. more
Save the Date: April 10-11 First 5 California and Water Cooler Joint Conference | 04.10.2013
Registration is now open for both days of the joint conference focused on advancing the early learning agenda together. more
Successful 2013 Transitional Kindergarten Implementation Conference | 02.05.2013
The 2013 Transitional Kindergarten Implementation Conference, held on Feb. 6, 2013 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel, convened more than 300 teachers, principals, administrators and coaches to learn promising TK practices from education leaders across the state. more
California’s Comprehensive Early Learning Plan (CCELP) recommends increasing access to high-quality ECE programs | 02.01.2013
Members of the State Advisory Council on Early learning and Care (SAC) met to discuss the framework of the CCELP draft, which addresses access to quality programs, workforce development and family engagement. more
Redwood City School Board approves innovative “Transition to Kindergarten” policy | 01.23.2013
Redwood City School Board recently passed a policy that focuses on the transition to kindergarten, encouraging collaboration and consistent policies among district staff, preschools, families and community leaders to promote skills learned in the early years that are essential to success in school. more
TK Resources: TK Monthly Webinar and TK Fact Sheet | 12.11.2012
The next TK Monthly Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Please also take a look at Preschool California’s updated TK fact sheet. more
Oakland Rotary adopts 11 transitional kindergarten classrooms | 12.03.2012
Oakland Rotary has partnered with the Oakland Unified School district to adopt TK at 10 schools, spanning 11 classrooms throughout Oakland. more
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