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New England´s leadership on early care and education
As part of the National Day of Action on early learning, CAHS and our partners at the New England Consortium have sent a letter to our Senators (PDF) asking for their support in expanding early care and education programs in the US. … Continue reading
Potential Changes in Care4Kids will help Working Mothers
A recent Legislative bill aims to make changes to the Care4Kids program so that women taking unpaid leave from work due to birth or impending birth will be given six weeks of payment eligibility during leave. According to SB 887, … Continue reading
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Possible Relief for CT Employees Taking Unpaid Medical Leave
A bill before the Legislature will create a task force to study Family Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI), a wage replacement program that Connecticut’s workers can access when they need time away from work to care for themselves during an illness, … Continue reading
Kids Count data point of the day: test scores
CAHS will release the 2012 Kids Count data book April 30th at 1 pm in an event at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Join us! The fourth grade Connecticut Mastery Test gives a good indication of where children stand … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, KIDS Count, State Policy
Tagged education, mastery tests, test scores
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The main source of income inequality: luck
Charles Kenny has a very smart article today in Bloomberg Business Week (of all places) talking about one of the main drivers of income inequality worldwide: sheer, pure, dumb luck. First step in this “being lucky” ladder, of course, is … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, Inequality
Tagged Inequality, silver --- spoon!, social mobility
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America is failing to provide quality day care
Jonathan Cohn, at the New Republic, has an epic, 30,000 character article at The New Republic on the state of early care and education in America. His conclusion: we, as a county, are doing a terrible job at it. American … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, Fiscal policy, State Policy
Tagged Budget, care 4 kids, cuts
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How Sequestration is Impacting Connecticut’s Children
The National Head Start Association is facing a dilemma and this may have serious consequences on the future of our children. Sequestration, which began on March 1st, 2013 is causing cuts for many areas of government spending. Spending that … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, Federal Policy, Fiscal policy
Tagged budget cuts, education, sequester
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The ECS formula: why is broken, why it is important
With all the talk and worry about the state’s dire fiscal situation one important discussion has gone unnoticed this month: the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula task force. The ECS formula is one of those crucially forgotten but incredibly important … Continue reading
Posted in Early Care and Education, Inequality, State Policy
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Vote: As simple, and critical, as 1, 2, 3.
1. According to the Every Child Matters Education Fund, 6 million Americans did not vote in 2008 because they didn’t know how to register or missed the deadline. National Voter Registration Day, September 25, was created to make sure no … Continue reading
The rich get richer
Connecticut Voices for Children has released the “State of Working Connecticut 2012.” The gap between rich and poor continues to widen, the report finds, adding that the recovery has not helped minorities and young workers. Left unchecked, our economic trajectory … Continue reading
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