Upward of 11 million kids under 5 years old across the nation are enrolled in some type of professional child-care setting. It’s not much of an exaggeration to suggest that…
Child care costlier here than in most other states
Tag: early learning
Early Learning
I visited a family child care provider in Bellevue last week. I’ve been working with Representative Ruth Kagi on trying to figure out how to improve both the reach and…
Early learning: Our state is failing many of its youngest citizens
Washington’s preschool enrollment is wedged at one of the most-in-need-of-improvement levels in the country, according to an Annie E. Casey Foundation national report. This disheartening information defies a near-universal principle:…
Session update from Ross
Session Update As always, thank you for allowing me to serve you in the Legislature. It’s an honor and a privilege. This year the “privilege” part got a little weak…
Brown Center: “Obama’s Preschool Proposal is Not Based on Sound Research”
While I’m not sure I agree with the scary headline of this post from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, I totally agree that we should…