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Pressure-cooker kindergarten
A new emphasis on testing and test preparation -- brought on by politicians, not early education experts -- is hurting the youngest students.
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7/14/2009 |
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United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1
2-1-1 is a free community service administered by the United Way of Connecticut. It is supported by the State of Connecticut and Connecticut United Ways. You can call 2-1-1 to get information, or to seek help in a crisis. We are open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Simply dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-203-1234 any time of day or night.
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6/10/2009 |
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Bilingual Children
A report on why children have an easier time learning two languages.
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6/6/2009 |
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Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools
A report on policy insights from the governors' forum series.
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6/1/2009 |
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Crisis In The Kindergarten
Why Children Need to Play in School
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5/19/2009 |
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Linking Ready Kids to Ready Schools
(W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Commission of the States Report)>br>This report, which features a Connecticut case study, focuses on how to help transition children from preschool into kindergarten.
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5/17/2009 |
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Programs That Help People In Connecticut
Programs That Help People in Connecticut is an overview of federal, state, and local programs that provide
assistance to Connecticut residents. The Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS) verified and
updated the information in this booklet and Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) provided the printing and
publishing. We thank everyone who supplied information for this 2006-2008 edition.
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5/14/2009 |
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Enough is Enough: Obama Lays Out Education Reform Plan
President Obama laid out a five-point education reform plan before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10. His plan starts at the ground floor (early education) and works its way up to higher education.
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5/10/2009 |
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Community conversations about education
Building an informed citizenry working on behalf of education in Connecticut.
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5/9/2009 |
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Ready, Set, Grow... CT Kids!
Ready, Set, Grow...CT Kids is Connecticut's multi-year campaign to ensure that all of our children enter kindergarten healthy and ready for school success. This website is dedicated to providing research, data, tools, and opportunities for folks to help us reach our goal of "all children ready".
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4/14/2009 |
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Three on a Seesaw: Balancing Early Care and Education, Families, and the Economy
The focus of this 2008-2009 Connecticut KIDS COUNT Data Book, Three on a Seesaw: Balancing Early Care and Education, Families, and the
Economy, was chosen to drive home the important connection between the state’s economic well-being and the education and training level of the
current and future workforce. Investments must be made at all phases of human development and learning–beginning at birth and moving along a
continuum of preschool, K-12, postsecondary, and adult education and training.
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1/21/2009 |
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Discovery
Through discovery, 53 Connecticut communities and other partners statewide are working with the William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund to improve the lives of young children from birth through age eight.
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1/20/2009 |
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National Symposium on Early Childhood Science and Policy
This webpage contains selections from the DVD video "National Symposium on Early Childhood Science and Policy"
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12/10/2008 |
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First Words, First Steps - The Importance of the Early Years.
Report by the Infant Toddler Working Group
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12/09/2008 |
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Care 4 Kids
Care 4 Kids helps low to moderate income families in Connecticut pay for child care costs. This program is sponsored by the State of Connecticut's Department of Social Services (also called DSS).
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12/05/2008 |
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U.S. Department of Education
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11/2/2008 |
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Connecticut State Dept. Of Ed - Early Childhood Education
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10/05/2008 |
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Early Literacy Framing
Published by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund to bring together pertinent information from multiple domains in a coherent framework to help in overall strategy development of early literacy.
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9/12/2008 |
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FERTILE MINDS
An article published on time.com that puts scientific reasoning behind why early education and stimulation is so important for brain development.
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7/29/2008 |
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Seven Things Connecticut Needs To Know About Early Childhood
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7/14/2008 |
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The Economics of Early Childhood: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children
A new study by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, could prompt a reorganization of child and human services away from the current system that "treats" problems after the fact in favor of investment and prevention.
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6/10/2009 |
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The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture
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6/09/2008 |
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Teaching Your Youngest
A Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers
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6/1/2008 |
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Framing Early Childhood Development
Recommendations for Infant-Toddler Professionals & Advocates
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5/1/2008 |
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Common Vision - Different Paths
Five States - Journeys toward Comprehensive Prenatal-to-Five Systems
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5/1/2008/2009 |
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Census - Child Well Being
Selected Indicators of Child Well Being
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4/12/2008 |
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Five Year Comprehension Plan for Education 2006-2011
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4/10/2008 |
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All Children Ready for School: The Case for Early Care and Education
This report is an overview of early care and education in Connecticut, discussed in the context of child development, workforce development and in relation to Connecticut’s economic competitiveness. The report considers some of the financing challenges in assuring high quality care to children of pre-school age and the state’s role in this effort.
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4/10/2008 |
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Stitch In Time
This report synthesizes the literature and evidence on early childhood development and school readiness and its relationship to future social problems and costs and presents several alternative approaches that can be used to estimate the cost of school unreadiness.
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4/10/2008 |
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Granby Early Childhood Community Profile
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4/10/2008 |
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Ready by 5 & Fine by 9
Connecticut's Early Childhood Investment Framework
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4/10/2008 |
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National Center for Children In Poverty
What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
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4/10/2008 |
Are You Smarter Than A Granby Student? November 12, 2010