The Huffington Post – Susan Frey
“The revision of the No Child Left Behind law now before Congress has an increased level of support for early childhood education that advocates are calling “historic.” The bill makes permanent a grant program for early education and has a number of new provisions aimed at ensuring the effective use of resources among federal, state and local governments. The bill, which has passed the House and is expected to be passed by the Senate this week, has “historic support for early childhood education,” said Charles Joughin, communications director with the First Five Years Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.”(more)