Category: Education and Empowerment
Black Voters Strongly Support for Quality Early Childhood Education – Black Press USA
First Five Years Fund A new poll conducted on behalf of First Five Years Fund by the bipartisan research team of New Bridge Strategies (R) and Hart Research (D) found that, in this election year, voters by overwhelming margins want candidates to have a plan to address child care challenges in the United States. The poll finds that 89% agree; 80% of Republicans, 88% of Independents, and 99% of Democrats feel this way. There’s dedicated support from Black voters for funding to make it happen: They were asked, “Do you…
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Community Foundation announces $300K+ for early childhood education, seen as ‘such a need’ – TribDem.com
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } EBENSBURG, Pa. – The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies is providing $318,750 this year to help organizations that address educational, social and health needs of children in Cambria and Somerset counties. The foundation recognized the eight recipients of the grant money, awarded through its Early Childhood Education Fund initiative, at a press conference Thursday at Treasured Times Learning Center in Ebensburg. “We see it as such a need, not just for the little ones…
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Early Education Benefits Kids, but for How Long? – The Good Men Project
A new study reveals varied results on the impact of publicly funded US preschool programs on student performance beyond early childhood. June 9, 2024 by Futurity Leave a Comment By CARA CAPUANO-UC IRVINE “It’s settled that early childhood education is an essential component of any nation’s public policy; children are learning well before kindergarten, and parents are working,” says Jade Jenkins, associate professor of education at the University of California, Irvine, and coauthor of the study published in Science. “What is less settled, however, is how much we should expect preschool…
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Arne P. Nielsen, Vice President for Education for the North American Division, Passes to His Rest – North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
Arne P. Nielsen, NAD education vice president, passed away unexpectedly on June 3, 2024. Photo: North American Division UPDATE: THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024, 6:15 PM Arne P. Nielsen, vice president for the Office of Education for the North American Division (NADOE) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, passed to his rest on June 3, 2024, after several days in the intensive care unit dealing with complications from an acute illness. He was 64. “We have lost a tremendous servant of God, a great leader, a true friend, a devoted husband and…
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