From CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR:
Nine states received an early holiday gift on Friday: a share of $500 million from the federal government to boost support for early-childhood education.
Education officials hope the Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge will spark widespread reform of programs that serve the youngest children – parallel to changes that have been seen in K-12 in response to the initial $4 billion Race to the Top competition.
California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington will receive four-year grants for their comprehensive plans to increase early-education quality and close gaps, particularly for low-income children, in school readiness…
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EDITOR: Faced with either helping to fund a “Project Forward Leap” type program for middle school Roma (Gypsy) children in Hungary or providing aid for pre-school children, the American House Foundation recently chose the latter because it was felt it would ultimately do more to enable children to reach their academic potential. In Hungary, youngters need to start school on an equal footing or they will soon be assigned to schools for supposed slow learners.
