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Opinion - Governors are putting early childhood education ahead of partisanship
Editor's note: This story was updated to correct a Virginia Department of Education official's title. We regret the error. On issue after issue, red states and blue states are pulling in different directions. But as 36 states prepare for gubernatorial elections this year, there is one issue where governors from across the political spectrum are agreeing: It is time to invest in early education and care and fix the broken government systems that have been holding back providers and families.
Governors are putting early childhood education ahead of partisanship
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Governors are putting early childhood education ahead of partisanship
Citlali Márquez-Hamil dances during a TK class at First Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) On issue after issue, red states and blue states are pulling in different directions.
Opinion - Governors are putting early childhood education ahead of partisanship
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct a Virginia Department of Education official’s title. We regret the error. On issue after issue, red states and blue states are pulling in different directions. But as prepare for gubernatorial elections this year, there is one issue where governors from across the political spectrum are agreeing: It is time to invest in early education and care and fix the broken government systems that have been holding back providers and families.
How States Are Strengthening Their Early Childhood Systems
In the last few years, numerous policy conversations have focused on the functioning of government: whether it is efficient, whether it can produce abundance, or whether it works at all. In Washington and state capitals, those discussions sometimes lead to friction between the political left and right, or even within political parties.
Wyoming Considers Revamping Funding Formula for Young Children with Disabilities
When it comes to funding K-12 schools, Wyoming is one of the most generous states in the nation – and that includes special education. Funding early childhood special education (ECSE) has been more of a struggle for the state, however. Now, the state is poised to fundamentally revamp its approach to ECSE funding, building on stakeholder engagement work funded through the Preschool Development Grant-Birth to Five program (PDG-B5).
Five Ways to Support Effective Data and Research Use in Early Learning
Key Points Early childhood advocates sometimes overstate their case when they suggest that the research base justifies a blank check; moreover, not all investments get the same bang for the buck. As states and the federal government try to maximize the impact of their investment in pre-K, data and research can help them leverage their dollars most effectively.
State Boards and the Governance of Early Childhood Education
As the definition of education has expanded to include the years before kindergarten, so too has the role of state boards of education. Boards now play an expanded and essential role in supporting the early childhood system. That role can vary substantially across states and evolve within states, making it important for board members to stay informed about developments in the early childhood system.
Who Will Be the Voice for ECE In Your State Government?
It’s a transitional moment in many state governments. This year 36 states held gubernatorial elections; nine states elected new governors, and many continuing governors will see meaningful turnover among their agency heads. That makes it a good time to ask the question: who in each governor’s cabinet will be a voice for the early education and care (ECE) system? In states with a standalone early childhood agency, that’s an easy question to answer.
Modernizing Data Systems Matters for Integrating Early Childhood Data
There’s plenty of data showing that high-quality services for children ages birth to five is a great investment. And there’s also plenty of data to indicate that not nearly enough children are receiving the services they might need – Head Start and Early Head Start, state pre-K, subsidized child care, special education, home visiting, and more. But there’s so much we don’t know about the early childhood system that we need to.
Analysis: Restarting K-12 Schools Is Difficult Enough — Without Good Data About Their Students, It’s Much Harder for Pre-K. States Must Do Better
Education leaders are well aware of the devastating impact COVID-19 is having on public and private schools. But the impact on the early learning system may be even more substantial. One part of the struggle is states’ inability to answer some of the most basic questions about which early learners are receiving services in the first place.
How early childhood education uses social and emotional learning
Report American Enterprise Institute December 9, 2019 Key Points What can K–12 schools do to help support social and emotional learning (SEL)? One rarely discussed idea is to analyze the world of early childhood education. In the best early childhood programs, SEL is an integral part of the teaching strategy and an area in which performance is carefully measured. At the same time, more research is needed on early childhood’s SEL implementation and impacts.
Regenstein: Early Learning Is the Best Way to Close the Achievement Gap. 5 Reasons Districts Prefer to Play Catch-Up Instead
Here’s the dirty little secret of how school districts go about improving outcomes: Precious few of them are working on the strategy most likely to bring dramatic progress. Why? Because a combination of policy and cultural impediments inhibits them from doing so.
Analysis: Illinois Set Ambitious Goals for Student Outcomes Under ESSA That Just Won’t Work. Here’s Why - and How States Can Do Better
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to set goals for student outcomes. In Illinois, the Board of Education has set a goal of having 90 percent of students achieve proficiency on state standardized tests.
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