A New Guide for Policymakers on Pre-K to Third Grade Initiatives

"Examining the status, success and challenges of existing efforts is the best way to build a coordinated agenda to increase third-grade reading efficiency, close the achievement gap and support children from birth to third grade."

Parents, mayors, governors, and President Obama are all talking about the importance of high-quality preschool programs and about how they can help children become proficient third grade readers.

But with all this energy and action, it can be easy to lose sight of how, specifically, policymakers can have a positive impact in these areas.

That’s why the Education Commission of the States has put together a guide for policymaker’s, an A to Z primer on early education called "Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade." http://www.ecs.org/docs/early-learning-primer.pdf

by Alyssa Haywoode

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2014/11/11/a-new-guide-for-policymakers-on-pre-k-to-third-grade-initiatives/

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