Triumph| More...
 

Early Childhood Education

A Call to Arms to Save Our Youth

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, At-Risk Youth, Early Childhood Education, Mental Health, President Obama, Danny Davis, Derrion Albert, Bobby Scott, Chicago News
Rep. Bobby Rush

Right now, as the city I love mourns its way through yet another deadly weekend of gun-related violence, our youth far too often get caught in the crossfire.

Read Post

Middle-Income Families Can Slip Through Cracks of ECE Policy

James Mejia | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Education, Pre-K, Middle-Class-Squeeze, Early Learning Challenge Fund, Middle Class, Preschool, Denver News
James Mejia

Early childhood education is again on the minds of our elected officials. Last month, the House passed the Early Learning Challenge Fund, which gives states a chance at $8 billion in competitive grants.

Read Post

Your Best Employees In 2025 Are Finger Painting Today

Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Education, Senate-Health-Education-Labor-and-Pensions-Committee, Achievement Gap, School Reform, Michael Bennet, Early Childhood Education, Education Reform, Early Learning Challenge Fund, Kindergarten, Education News, Denver News
Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien

It might take 15 years for today's finger painters to enter the workforce, but expanding early childhood education is an investment in the competitiveness of our county.

Read Post

The Real Homeland Security

Will.i.am | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Scholarships, Early Childhood Education, Education, Children, Learning, Living News
Will.i.am

What is homeland security when the youth cannot afford education to secure a future? I want to change what homeland security means.

Read Post

Obama's Call for Responsibility Wasn't Just for 18 and Over

Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Save the Children, Julianne Moore, Celebrities Talk Politics, Children, Obama Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, Politics News
Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore

In his inaugural address, Obama spoke about a new era of responsibility, of one people united for a better future for the country. That simple notion shouldn't be directed just at adults.

Read Post

McCain's Education Plan is Scary as Hell

Dan Brown | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nea, John McCain, Early Childhood Education, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Community Schools, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Teacher Quality, Education, School Vouchers, Teacher Recruitment, Deregulation, School Choice, Head Start, Alan Greenspan, Education Reform, Election 2008, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Dan Brown

Reforming America's inadequate public school system--a crucial priority for our country's future-- should not be undertaken with a failed ideology. Th...

Read Post

Your Education Policies Don't Figure: An Open Letter to John McCain

Martin Carnoy | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Vouchers, Barack Obama, Early Childhood Education, Education Policy, Teachers, Low-Income Children, John McCain, Lisa Graham Keegan, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Here is what puzzles me: none of what you and Graham Keegan claim for vouchers is based on any available evidence.

Read Post

The Trickle Up Effect

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Taxes, John McCain, Hope, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Early Childhood Education, Barack Obama, Happiness, Living News
Tabby Biddle

I think Barack described our situation well when he said, "When that dream of opportunity is denied to too many Americans, then ultimately that pain has a way of trickling up."

Read Post