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  • 'We could start to move the needle': Iowa offers model for fixing Mass. child-care crisis

    October 15, 2023 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    After the COVID-19 pandemic weakened an already fragile child-care industry, Iowa created an incentive program offering grants to help businesses build their own child-care centers or purchase slots in existing facilities. So far, the state has awarded more than $75 million, which has helped create nearly 11,000 new child-care slots.

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  • What America can learn from Canada's new '$10 a Day' child care system

    September 23, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The $10 a Day initiative, which started in British Columbia and is now being expanded throughout Canada, subsidizes child care centers so that tuition for families can be capped at a more affordable rate. Between 2021 and 2022, the government helped fund 1,271 child care spaces in the province.

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  • Omamas: Roma women fighting generational poverty in Slovakia

    September 21, 2023 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Slovakia, Zborov

    Through the Omama program, Roma women provide individual lessons to Roma children under the age of six living in settlements and disadvantaged communities, where they may not have access to crucial early childhood education. The lessons, which focus on motor skills, cognitive development, and Slovak language proficiency, have benefited roughly 900 children so far.

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  • How San Francisco Is Graduating More Black Early Educators — and Why It Matters

    August 14, 2023 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco's Black Early Childhood Educator pilot program covers tuition and provides stipends for Black students, as well as support from a case manager and necessary supplies such as laptops. Since the program launched two years ago, 62 participants have received their associate teaching permits from the City College of San Francisco.

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  • The Solution To Unused Church Space Might Be Toddlers

    July 12, 2023 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Smart Church Solutions specializes in church use, ensuring these large community spaces don’t go underused, particularly in rural areas. To make use of these churches, programs like We Love All God’s Children are using them to provide early childhood education. The program started in 2019 and has since opened 14 centers in churches throughout the state. The program provides school supplies, playground equipment and also trains professional staff to administer the curriculum.

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  • Preschool alfresco: More states moving to expand access to outdoor learning

    May 19, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Preschool programs such as the one offered by the Carrie Murray Nature Center prioritize outdoor education, allowing children to learn through play while interacting with the natural world. These types of programs have become popular since the pandemic, with more than 800 operating in the United States in 2022, and research shows natural settings are an ideal environment for young children to learn skills such as resilience, leadership, and problem-solving.

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  • How can Costa Ricans read more if they don't have books?

    May 02, 2023 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    GUIARE, an organization that trains teachers in Costa Rica, began donating libraries to preschool classrooms in 2019. It has since connected more than 800 children with nearly 8,000 books and inspired schools to launch new reading-related programs and events.

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  • Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

    March 27, 2023 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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  • As Outdoor Preschools Gain Traction, States Work to Unlock Funding

    January 03, 2023 |

    The Pew Charitable Trusts |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Parents are enrolling children in outdoor preschool programs where most of the schooling happens outdoors as an alternative to traditional preschools.

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  • COVID derailed pre-K programs. MSCS is trying to get them back on track.

    December 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    To help incoming students recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Memphis-Shelby County Schools is emphasizing early childhood education with redoubled advertising efforts, collaboration with community groups, and an increased staff of family engagement specialists. Pre-K enrollment increased in the district in 2022-23 and students who attended pre-K are scoring higher on reading, math, and readiness exams.

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