http://www.clasp.org/issues/topic_in_focus.xml?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0012 In Focus articles from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 22:11:50 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0442 This week, the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Task Force on Childhood Poverty declared that childhood poverty is "the most important problem facing children in the US today" and issued a Strategic Road Map for addressing it as a public health issue. The APA Task Force commits to raising the voice of pediatricians to build public support for policies that will both reduce childhood poverty and address the negative effects of poverty on childrenaEUR(TM)s physical and mental health and development http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0442 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0440 On Monday, CLASP was proud to visit the White House with our partners from the Strong Start for Children Campaign to deliver 30,000 letters and pictures to Cecilia Munoz, Director of President Obama's Domestic Policy Council. Children and advocates delivered these messages to thank President Obama for proposing his early learning initiative. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0440 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0436 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0436 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0435 With our partners from the Strong Start for Children - Building America's Future campaign, CLASP will be collecting thank you notes from across the country and delivering them to the White House. Please join us in thanking President Obama for making investments in young children a priority! http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0435 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0432 The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget provides historic investments across severeal early childhood programs. These include investments in a comprehensive birth-to-five early education continuum including child care, home visiting, Head Start, Early Head Start, and preschool-all critical programs for children, especially the most vulnerable children. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0432 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0429 The recently released Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth Grade Follow-Up shows that children who participated in the Abbott preschool programs increased their achievement in language arts and literacy, math, and science on fourth and fifth grade New Jersey standardized tests. Additionally, participation in the Abbott preschool program decreased the likelihood of grade retention and special education placement. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0429 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0427 Providence, Rhode Island is working to ensure caregivers understand just how important a young child's early language development is, and how they can best support it, through their new early childhood initiative, Providence Talks. The initiative seeks to increase and improve upon young children's exposure to language and vocabulary. Pitched as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge contest, Provide Talks was recently awarded the contest's $5 million grand prize. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0427 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0426 Despite continued budget negotiations for the current fiscal year (FY 2013) and the recent onset of sequestration, Congress must also move forward with budget resolutions for FY 2014. The budget resolutions show us the priorities of the House and Senate, which prove to be vastly different. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0426 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0425 The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) is a validated classroom assessment tool that measures and provides data on the quality of teacher-child interactions. As CLASS is considered by more states for use in quality initiatives, understanding whether and how CLASS can reliably be used in early learning classrooms serving dual language learners (DLLs) becomes increasingly important. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0425 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0423 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0423 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0422 Last week, Representatives Polis (D-CO) and Young (R-AK) reintroduced the bipartisan Continuum of Learning Act. The legislation, which is complementary to the President's new Early Learning Initiative, would strengthen the connections between early childhood programs, local education agencies, and elementary schools by making changes to Titles I and II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0422 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0421 The details of President Obama's historic and far-reaching universal preschool initiative, unveiled in the 2013 State of the Union Address are out. CLASP applauds the Administration's goals, and particularly the President's approach toward expanding access to high quality preschool, which draws on policy strategies states and experts in early childhood development have honed over decades of research and innovation. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0421 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0420 Last night in the State of the Union address, President Obama took a bold step forward in improving the lives of children and families. President Obama's vision of making high quality preschool available to every child in the nation could impact the lives of all children, their families, and the country for generations to come with far-reaching educational, economic and social benefits. CLASP supports the President's proposal and will work with the administration to see it move forward as the official details of the initiative emerge. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0420 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0417 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0417 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0412 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0412 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0396 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0396 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0391 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0391 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0388 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0388 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0381 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0381 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0374 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0374