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A monthly dissemination of research and policy updates about developments in the Pre-K–3 field

January 2013 artwork-4

New From ECS

ECS has launched a new Kindergarten Database that provides state policy information as of December 2012 on the 50 states and DC, including: whether a Child Must Attend Kindergarten, Kindergarten Entrance Age, Compulsory School Age, Kindergarten Readiness Assessments, Curriculum, Minimum Required Days/Hours for Kindergarten, Kindergarten Standards - General Info, and Teacher/Student Ratios.

What's Happening in the States

More than 30 governors have delivered their 2013 State of the State addresses and P-3 issues have been at the forefront of many proposals. ECS is tracking education-related proposals from governors’ addresses. Check out who’s talking about P-3!

Good Reads

A focus on P-3 has grown steadily in Education Week’s work, the education news group that was once considered a K-12 publication. In its most recent annual Quality Counts report on state-level efforts to improve public education, states are graded on the percent of 3-and 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool and kindergarten, whether they have early learning standards, a formal school readiness definition and assessment, reading interventions, and kindergarten standards.

A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst argues that it is highly desirable and valuable to society for state governments to support universal early childhood education.

Upcoming Meetings and Webinars

A webinar titled Priming Children for Language and Literacy Success - A Focus on the Toddler Years, is brought to you on Wednesday, February 6 from 2:00-3:30pm EST as part of the Growing Readers Series. Drawing upon recent research, this webinar will examine the many ways in which early education and care programs can support and enrich children’s language in the critical toddler years. Research, supports, and strategies relating to dual language learners and children with special needs will be integrated throughout.