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Investing Early: One of the Smartest Things We Can Do
“This is an important moment in our effort to build a world-class education system in America,” Secretary Duncan said this morning at a White House event to announce the winners of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC). Duncan … Continue reading
Our Children Can’t Wait: New Regulations Increase Accountability and Boost Quality in Head Start
Cross-posted from the White House blog. We know that the first years of our children’s lives are critical. That’s when the most rapid development happens in their brains and when they pick up the social, emotional, and academic skills that will … Continue reading
Making Early Connections in Erie
ERIE- Second stop for Secretary Duncan on the 2011 “Education and the Economy” bus tour: the Early Connections pre-K Learning Center. Here the Secretary participated in a roundtable discussion about early childhood education with Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania state educators, … Continue reading
Posted in Back To School Tour, Early Learning, Headlines, News
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Back-to-School Bus Heads to the Great Lakes
During last week’s #AskArne Twitter Town Hall, Sarah, a third grade teacher, asked if it is possible for Arne to “tour and sponsor real town halls with educators.” This week, ED announced that Secretary Duncan and his senior staff will … Continue reading
Posted in Back To School Tour, Civil Rights, Early Learning, ESEA Reauthorization, Headlines, Innovation, Join the Conversation, Labor-Management, Listening Tour, News, P-12 Reform, Promise Neighborhoods, Race to the Top, Rural, Schools and Community, Science and Math (STEM), Standards and assessments, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers, Teaching Profession, Turnaround Schools
Tagged Arne Duncan, Bus Tour, EDTour11
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Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Application Released
“Successful early learning programs are not just about education but about the whole child – including their physical and emotional health,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on a conference call this afternoon with U.S. Health and Human Services … Continue reading
Arne Joins Senator Harkin in Iowa to Highlight Early Learning
“I don’t even use the word ‘preschool’ any longer, because I think education starts at birth,” explained Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) yesterday at an early childhood education event in Des Moines, Iowa. Harkin, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor … Continue reading
Posted in Early Learning, Headlines, News, Race to the Top
Tagged Arne Duncan, Early Learning, Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, Senate
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A Major Investment in Helping Students Get Off on the Right Foot
“Investing in early learning is one of the smartest things we can do as a nation,” said Secretary Arne Duncan earlier this morning at a town hall meeting with US Human and Health Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to announce a … Continue reading
Empowering Parents in Head Start
“President Obama’s cradle-to-career education agenda begins at birth, and we know that investing in high-quality early learning is one of the best choices we can make,” remarked Secretary Duncan in a special message to participants at the 38th Annual National … Continue reading
Uninsured Children: An Education Challenge
If there were millions of children in America whose families didn’t know they could enroll in school, we’d feel an urgent need to get the message out them, wouldn’t we? Continue reading
Posted in Early Learning, Fueled and Fit, News, Photos
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ED Launches Early Learning Initiative Web Page
Find information about early learning programs, funding, resources, publications, and more at our new Early Learning Initiative web page. Continue reading
Posted in Early Learning, News, P-12 Reform
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