Direct linkERIC Number: ED540653
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jan
Pages: 4
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Creative State Pre-K Policies Offer Smart Federal Opportunities
Pew Center on the States
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act offers an opportunity to invest in programs with the greatest educational and economic benefits. Members of Congress should look to states for flexible, innovative, bipartisan strategies to gradually grow pre-k programs. This brief highlights some of the most promising state efforts to fund high-quality Pre-K programs and offers recommendations to help federal policy makers support and encourage greater expansion. (Contains 4 footnotes and 16 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, State Action, State Aid, State Policy, State Programs, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Best Practices, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Pew Center on the States. Available from: Pew Charitable Trusts. 901 E Street NW 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20004. Tel: 202-540-2000; Fax: 202-552-2299; e-mail: pcs-feedback@pewtrusts.org; Web site: http://www.pewstates.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Pew Center on the States
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