Ready 4 K is a voice for Minnesota's youngest citizens, building the foundation for our future through quality early childhood care and education.
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Early Lessons: a radio documentary
2 Nov 2009, 2:35 pm |
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Change the first 5 years and you change everything
16 Oct 2009, 10:43 am |
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Child Poverty in Minnesota Increases
1 Oct 2009, 2:54 pm |
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US House Approves Legislation to Support Quality Early Learning
29 Sep 2009, 3:25 pm |
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Innovation for Family, Friend and Neighbor Care continues
22 Sep 2009, 1:04 pm |
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Ready 4 K Attend a community meeting on Race to the Top this week, and let state officials know that including early childhood in the application would better position the State to secure Race to the Top funding. http://tinyurl.com/yketf2j
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Ready4K helps children prepare for kindergarten and school. As a nonprofit, we focus on the family, provide advocacy training, and promote public policy on child care, early learning and education in Minnesota
Ready 4 K In case you missed it, R4K board member Art Rolnick featured in Sunday's StarTribune "The Economist and the Kids" http://bit.ly/1SBQQL
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The chattering 3-year-olds at the New Horizons early childhood center on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis didn't seem to mind the unassuming older fellow who dropped by to observe their Monday-morning routine, which included counting to 12 and reviewing the days of the week
Ready 4 K Our friends at the Ounce of Prevention Fund in Illinois have created this powerful video.
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If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change....
Ready 4 K Had a great discussion with MN congressional staff & our allies about early childhood this a.m. Wonderful to have interest from feds!
Ready 4 K HR 3221, including $8 billion for Early Learning Challenge Funds, passes US House of Reps 253 in favor and 171 against. Be sure to thank MN Reps Ellison, McCollum, Oberstar, Peterson, Walz for their support!
Ready 4 K Action Alert! Tell your U.S. Representative to support HR 3221
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The legislation would provide $1 billion a year for eight years to states to develop and enhance high-quality early learning opportunities for all young children, especially those at-risk of not coming to school ready to learn. ...
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Great profile piece of Dr. Glenace Edwall, children's mental health leader, in Legal Ledger. http://legal-ledger.com/item.cfm?recID=1
Ready 4 K Will be on a policy panel at a Minnesota Fathers and Families Network "Fathers to the Forefront" event tomorrow. http://www.mnfathers.org
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Minnesota Fathers & Families Network enhances healthy father-child relationships by promoting initiatives that inform public policy and further develop the field of fatherhood practitioners statewide.
Ready 4 K New R4K blog post on Federal Early Care and Education legislation....http://tinyurl.com/mgmr2w
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More resources to states in support of early care and education are one step further in the political process. Demonstrating a strong commitment to early childhood, Congress is proposing $8 billion over eight years to states in the form of Early Learning Challenge Grants. ...
Ready 4 K Starting day 2 of #civicsummit, now session w AmericaSpeaks on "The Next Big Step: Integrating Face-to-Face Deliberations with Web 2.0"
Ready 4 K Attending #civicsummit: free, Mpls Hilton today & tmo.. join us! http://www.nationalcivicsummit.com
Ready 4 K New R4K blog post on today's StarTribune editorial http://tinyurl.com/l7p4ys
Ready 4 K Great StarTribune Editorial today on preschool funding.
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What may be Minnesota's most important educational report card was issued earlier this month, and the marks weren't good. The fall 2008 results of a yearly school readiness assessment of new kindergartners were down from 2007 on all five aspects of develo
Ready 4 K New R4K blog post on 2008 School Readiness Study. Not good news. http://tinyurl.com/l2jrna
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Results from the Minnesota Department of Education’s 2008 School Readiness Study, released this month, confirm what we already know: Minnesota’s lack of additional investment in early care and education has negative consequences. ...
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Earlier this year Ready 4 K rolled out our "Kitchen Table Initative" and we're sharing it around the state. The Kitchen Table Initiative is essentially a discussion kit. A host leads a group through seven questions, such as "When does most brain development take place?" and "What does it mean to be 'prepared' for kinde...rgarten?". Multiple choice answers and follow-up questions for the group invite discussion and debate that personalizes the issue for any context. The 60-minute conversation is created to take place in diverse contexts, with business people, faith groups, educators or policymakers.
Come experience a Kitchen Table conversation. If you can't make this one, don't worry... we'll be planning more opportunities in the coming months. Stay tuned!5Read More
Come experience a Kitchen Table conversation. If you can't make this one, don't worry... we'll be planning more opportunities in the coming months. Stay tuned!5Read More
a conversation about early learning in Minnesota
Time:12:30PM Friday, June 26th
Location:Harvest Moon Coffee House
