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By: New York Times If liberals and conservatives can agree on anything about family policies, it’s this: Parents should have choices. Senator Elizabeth Warren said her plan for universal child care would give parents “the freedom to choose the best work and child care situation for themselves.” Ivanka Trump, at a White House summit about family policies, said, “Our […]
By: Blythe Keeler Robinson via Saporta Report By 2025, more than 60% of jobs will require some form of post-secondary education, according to Learn4Life’s State of Education in Metro Atlanta Report. That can be alarming when you consider the fact that two out of every 10 students in the metro area are dropping out of high […]
By: Mindy Binderman via Saporta Report Georgia’s November jobs report showed that the unemployment rate hit the lowest percentage in state history, at 3.3%. That’s great news for Georgians but will make the fight to attract and keep good talent even more competitive and even more critical. If you or a member of your family has ever had […]
By: Atlanta Journal Constitution The Clarkston City Council recently created the Clarkston Early Learning Task Force to engage the community to create equitable policies, practices, and programs so that every young child enjoys safe, nurturing, and playful learning environments, according to a press release. The mission of the Clarkston Early Learning Task Force is to […]
By: Rome News-Tribune Federal funds could be available next year to address the mental health needs of very young children, but a House study committee found state Medicaid policies don’t cover assessments. “We’ve got to find a way to pull our agencies together, certainly through conversations with our governor and other state agency heads … […]
By: Child Trends The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is higher among children and youth with special health care needs than among their peers without special health care needs, according to Child Trends’ analysis of data from the 2016-17 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The survey asks parents or guardians to report whether […]
By: The Hill The White House and Congress have reached a tentative agreement to grant 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all federal workers, according to a congressional source, in what would be a historic deal. A draft for a must-pass defense policy bill includes language that would grant the paid leave for 2.1 million […]
By: Education Week When I first met “Juan,” then a 2nd grader, he knew about half of his consonant sounds and none of his vowels. I was a new K-5 special education teacher at the time, now more than a dozen years ago, and his initial reading assessment results looked pretty similar to those of […]
By: Georgia Trend Children who don’t read proficiently by the end of third grade are far more likely to be left behind – in many ways. The first thing to know about early literacy is that it is critically important; the next, that it connects to a whole lot of other conditions and challenges. But […]
By: Education Week A study of 26 states and their preschool programs finds that as of roughly two years ago, a mere 1 percent of Latino children and just 4 percent of black children in those states were enrolled in “high-quality” state-backed early-learning opportunities. That’s one main conclusion from a new report from the Education […]