Earlier this year, President Obama released his budget request for next year (fiscal year 2011). The President called for a ‘freeze’ of total federal discretionary spending over the next three years. Despite this freeze, he has proposed significant increases in discretionary spending on programs that impact children (a $6.12 billion increase over last year)! With [...]
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Early Education Could Get a Federal Boost
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child and dependent care tax credit, child care, child care and development block grant, Early Childhood Education, Early Learning Challenge Fund, ECE Legislation, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s in the 2010 Federal Budget?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, President Obama and his administration released their proposal for the fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009- September 30, 2010) federal budget. Investments in early education, which have long been part of President Obama’s vision for reforming education (see previous blog entry), were prominent in the proposal. Although the proposal includes a decrease in [...]
Federal Education Plans Include Building “Promise Neighborhoods”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In his budget outline, President Obama has included plans to create “Promise Neighborhoods” in up to 20 cities across the nation. These innovative programs will be modeled after the highly successful “Harlem Children’s Zone” in New York. The Harlem Children’s Zone program takes a holistic approach to improving children’s lives and combating poverty through education, [...]
