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Lilian Gonshaw Katz (born 1932) is a professor emerita of early childhood education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where she is also principal investigator for the Illinois Early Learning Project, [1] and a contributor to the Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative.
Alaska opted out of adopting the Standards, as said in How the Alaska English/Language Arts and Mathematics Standards Differ from the Common Core State Standards, published by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (EED) "Alaska did not choose to adopt the CCSS; it was important to Alaskan educators to have the opportunity to adjust portions of the standards based on the ...
“Early Childhood program governance has to be unified in its focus on serving children and families ...” he said.
Start Early, formerly known as The Ounce of Prevention Fund, is a nonprofit organization in Chicago that promotes early childhood development in underserved communities across Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Their programs include Educare Chicago, the Educare Learning Network, and Home Visits for Homeless Families. [ 3 ]
The same categories of organizations are eligible to apply for Early Head Start, except that applicants need not be from the community they will be serving. [5] Many states have created new early childhood education agencies. Massachusetts was the first state to create a consolidated department focused on early childhood learning and care.
The school district selects curriculum guides and textbooks that reflect a state's learning standards and benchmarks for a given grade level. [ 4 ] The broad topic of social studies may include key events, documents, understandings, and concepts in American history and geography , and in some programs, state or local history and geography.
The college has a wide range of research topics from Early Childhood Development to Management & Leadership. It also has the following nationwide research centers and outreach units: Office of Community College Research and Leadership; Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative; Illinois New Teacher Collaborative
The theory behind the act is that the years before a child reaches kindergarten are the most critical to influence learning. Many children do not have access to early education before entering kindergarten. [2] The goal of the act is to provide a comprehensive set of services for children from birth until they enter kindergarten. [1]