Posted in Pre-kindergarten, Quotes on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“The earlier that we can work with students and build their pre-literacy skills, it eventually saves us money in the end because we don’t have to address students who have gaps in their learning.”
- Superintendent Donna Wolfrom, Maranacook Area Schools in Maine
May 19, 2013, in The Morning Sentinel
Posted in Quotes on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“According to the 2012 MCAS results, 40% of Massachusetts third graders, including 60% of children from low income families, are not proficient readers. This rate has remained stagnant for the past decade. The vast majority of these children will continue to struggle in school and beyond. If we as a commonwealth do not make significant new investments to increase access to and improve the quality of early education and care, we will not change this trajectory.”
Carolyn Lyons, President and CEO of Strategies for Children, from her statement on the Senate Ways and Means FY14 budget, May 15, 2013
Posted in Quotes on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“Most states cut funding, but some states moved in the other direction. Wisconsin’s an example of a state that added 5,000 new slots for preschoolers during the recession. Right now, Governor Patrick in Massachusetts and Governor Snyder in Michigan have both proposed massive, multi-year increases in preschool, really bucking the trend. And a number of other states, Alabama’s an example of the state that is pushing forward with modest increases despite difficult times.”
W. Steven Barnett, Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, on National Public Radio, May 6, 2012
Posted in Quotes on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“By investing in high-quality early education instruction, we create the foundation for learning that can’t be replicated later in life… Unfortunately, not all children have the early foundational supports that can help prevent lifelong difficulty with learning.”
Vermont State Representative Sarah Buxton, speaking in the Vermont House, April 30, 2013
Posted in Quotes on April 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“A civil society and successful communities rely on all of us participating fully. Investing in early education means that we have the opportunity to maximize the potential of children. We know through years of research that the first five years of life are critical to determining success later in life … We today are investing again in pre-kindergarten. I am so proud of the investments we are making and the opportunity you, Mr. Speaker, are offering the commonwealth with this task force on early education. Their success is our success.”
MA Representative Marjorie Decker on her maiden speech to the House of Representatives, April 22, 2013
Posted in Achievement gap, Quotes on March 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“We’re not going to close achievement gaps for poor kids in poor districts, not just in Massachusetts but across the country, unless every child has high-quality pre-k.”
David Sciarra, Education Law Center (NJ), Massachusetts State House, March 20, 2013
Posted in Curriculum, Developmentally appropriate practice, Quotes on March 8, 2013 | 2 Comments »
“If you walk into a high-quality early education classroom, what you see is children playing. What you may not realize is that each station in the room, whether the block area or the dramatic play space or the book corner, has been carefully set up to foster children’s learning and healthy development.”
Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, March 7, 2013
Posted in MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Quotes on March 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“Since 2005, Massachusetts has laid a strong foundation for a statewide system of high-quality early education and care that includes an oversubscribed scholarship for working educators earning college degrees, developmentally appropriate standards aligned with the K-12 system, and a shared definition of quality. The plan before the Legislature would help bring this system to scale. It emphasizes quality and respects parent choice.”
Carolyn Lyons, Strategies for Children, Boston Globe, February 27, 2013
Posted in Quotes on February 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Business and economy, MA state budget, Quotes on February 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“Access to high-quality early education and learning opportunities is integral to helping today’s children prepare for the highly competitive, fast-paced global economy.”
National Association of Manufacturers, “Education and the Workforce,” 2012
Eye on Early Education focuses on the twin goals of ensuring that Massachusetts children have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.
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