Out Take: A look at how the stimulus funds will affect early childhood education

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Preschoolers reading at a public library during storytime (Flickr user NJLA: New Jersey Library Association (cc: by-nc-nd)))

Now that the American Recovery Reinvestment Act has been passed into law, the Department of Education has been given an unprecedented injection of money. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has $100 billion dollars of emergency aid at his disposal, $5 billion of which is going to early childhood education. Is this enough to pave a future for today’s infants and toddlers? This week we’re taking a closer look at how the stimulus will affect education in the U.S. Cornelia Grumman, executive director of The First Five Years Fund, an advocacy group for early education, talks to us about how these funds will be distributed.

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Academics R US LTD

We are a private pre-school center in a community base low income area. We have very high rent responsibility. We need to keep our children in pre-school we already hve a UPK grant however it is not enough to continuously improve our childrens way of life. Who and were can i seek more help. Thank You, Arthur J Santiago, President.

Mar. 21 2009 01:15 PM

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