NCTQ Report Addresses Shortcomings in Preschool Teacher Training
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has created an overview of the criteria with which preschool teachers need to be equipped for assisting the country’s youngest children in getting a good start. Hannah Putman, Amber Moorer, and Kate Walsh of the council have written Some Assembly Required: Piecing Together the […]
Indiana’s Pence Reverses Course on Federal Preschool Money
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Two years ago, Indiana Governor Mike Pence turned down millions of dollars of federal grant money for preschool funding, but now the governor has sent a letter to US Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to say that he has reconsidered the offer. He added that he would like to expand the […]
Report Challenges Benefits of Universal Preschool
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A report published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, has detailed the consequences of universal preschool, making the argument that mounting evidence suggests that government-funded preschool fails to fulfill the goals laid out by its proponents. In “Research Review: Universal Preschool May Do More Harm than Good,” Lindsay Burke and […]