A coalition of stakeholders committed to expanding access to high quality early learning opportunities for all children ages 0-8 in Santa Clara County.
San Jose, CA
Joined March 2015
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Inspiring story by @ByEmilyTate about how the Valley Settlement community in Colorado is bringing early childhood education to families in rural areas - via traveling preschools 🌱🧠 🚌 @EdSurge @MotherJones
motherjones.com/politics/202…
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The number of people who couldn't get to work last month because of child care issues shot up to the highest since the government has tracked the data. axios.com/2022/11/16/lack-of…
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Social Determinants of Health for Infants and Toddlers - State of Babies Yearbook 2022 via @ZEROTOTHREE
stateofbabies.org/resource/s…
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Last night's Candidate Forum featured conversations on everything from child care to housing for families.
Special thanks to the mayoral candidates @MattMahanSJ and @SupCindyChavez for talking with the community about what we need to make #SanJose a city for all families.
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More than three-quarters of surveyed voters support early literacy and school readiness programs and providing benefits to preschool teachers and childcare providers.
siliconvalleycf.org/press-re…
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Check out ECHOES, a new web-based history project at @CSCCEUCB about the U.S. early care and education system, inequities throughout time, and activism to change ECE. cscce.berkeley.edu/projects/…
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Our latest blog dives into #DevelopmentalScreening data to better understand how CA counties are serving young children with developmental concerns. Read the blog and examine the data ⬇️
bit.ly/3gj8PFP
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For first 3 mos of fiscal year, state revenues off about $5 billion or 11% from projections (Prop 98 share would be $2 billion down) – early sign that @GavinNewsom will be wary w/next budget dof.ca.gov/wp-content/upload…
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The number of young children who received special education services dropped 40% nationwide during the pandemic, with 320,000 fewer children ages 3-5 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2021 than in 2018. edweek.org/teaching-learning…
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Santa Clara County candidates sound off on education - San José Spotlight sanjosespotlight.com/santa-c… via @SJSpotlight
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Teacher Shortages Force Dozens of California Preschools to Close Classrooms kqed.org/news/11928111/teach…
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Our latest report explores equity in CA's Kindergarten Readiness Inventory efforts & highlights key considerations that may help ECE leaders and decision makers create more equity-focused systems for CA’s families. bit.ly/3Cgz07s
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NEW: I just finished spending a lovely month in Ireland, and had the chance to learn a lot about their child care system and inspiring recent reforms; the U.S. has a lot to learn!
earlylearningnation.com/2022…
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"The federal government is going to have to act and they're gonna have to act all across the country."
Our economy depends on a #childcare industry where providers and workers can make ends meet and parents have access to the quality care they need. wkbw.com/news/local-news/chi…
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Schools are open, Covid rules are lifted, more workers are going to the office. But our country's childcare system never recovered.
I wrote about the pandemic's toll on the industry, and hopes for childcare reform after being cut from reconciliation vox.com/policy-and-politics/…
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Californians were far less likely to die from covid in the first seven months of 2022 than during the first two years of the pandemic. Still, the virus remained among the state’s leading causes of death in July.
@PhillipHReese explains who's at risk. khn.org/news/article/covid-s…
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On Saturday, we gathered to celebrate the start of another apprenticeship program. 🥳
Apprentices will get paid work experience in home-based child care settings during the program.
We are so excited to support them as they begin their journey in the early childhood field!
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CA Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation making kindergarten compulsory in the state, citing a projected cost of $268 million not accounted for its current budget. ktla.com/news/newsom-rejects…
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A new book by @SETLLab explores why the nation’s young children are 3x more likely to be expelled from #preschool than peers in K-12 classrooms. wbez.org/stories/whats-drivi…