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Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. [1]
Foundation for Early Learning is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting early childhood development from birth through age five. Founded by Mona Lee Locke, the Foundation grew out of former Washington Governor Gary Locke's Commission on Early Learning and was started with a $10 million gift from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Unlike other areas of education, early childhood care and education (ECCE) places a strong emphasis on the development of the whole child – attending to his or her social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs – in order to establish a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and well-being.
The foundation has contributed to the development of the early childhood care and education sector in Jamaica and the Preschool Education Project in Kenya. [6] According to the OECD, Bernard van Leer Foundation’s financing for 2019 development increased by 3% to US$14.3 million. [7]
NAEYC accredits early childhood programs according to health, safety and education standards it first launched in 1985 and modified and released in September 2006. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The new standards were intended to provide a more reliable and accountable accreditation system and to encourage the field of early childhood education to strive for a ...
Gov. Bill Lee, from left, and former Gov. Bill Haslam laugh at a joke told by former Gov. Phil Bredesen at the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation 20th anniversary celebration at the Country ...
The Early Childhood Education Act is the name of various landmark laws passed by the United States Congress outlining federal programs and funding for childhood education from pre-school through kindergarten. [1] The first such act was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaiʻi in the 1960s ...
The HighScope Educational Research Foundation (known as HighScope or High/Scope) studies methods of early childhood education based on the methods of the 1962 Perry Preschool study. [1] It was founded in 1970 by psychologist David Weikart .