Behind the Headlines: Program pushes pre-K for 2-year-olds from high-poverty areas
A year-old program to get children in poverty into pre-kindergarten classes earlier is part of a discussion on “Behind The Headlines” that took in larger questions.
Topic: Pre-K
RSSThere are 21 article(s) tagged Pre-K:
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September 2023
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August 2021
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What the SCS/Porter-Leath split means for pre-K
Failed contract negotiations add to Head Start’s troubled local history, but advocates say that shouldn’t overshadow impressive pre-K advances.
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How child care centers reveal pre-K’s future in Shelby County
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How child care centers reveal pre-K’s future
Early childhood education advocates say access to high-quality child care is the next goal for more than 40,000 children under age 4.
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What the SCS/Porter-Leath split means for the future of pre-K in Memphis
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February 2020
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One issue brings Tennessee voters together
A survey by Tennesseans for Quality Early Education shows Tennessee voters are unified in their dissatisfaction with the state’s public education system and united in their support for expanding early education.
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November 2019
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First 8 Memphis plans to serve 30,000 children and their families by 2025
First 8 Memphis was formed earlier this year to financially support and advocate for more early childhood programming in Shelby County.
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Conaway: A taxing lesson
On Oct. 3, we voted in a half percent sales tax increase, raising our sales tax to nearly 10%. The police and fire unions campaigned to get the issue on the ballot, promising to restore benefits cut in 2014, but other city employees would be cut out of the tax increase windfall.
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October 2019
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Voters approved a sales tax increase for police, firefighters – and maybe pre-K, too
The sales tax will fund pension and healthcare benefits for police and firefighters, but prekindergarten is also a beneficiary of the referendum. Just how much money is likely to go toward early education efforts in the city is unknown.
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September 2019
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Memphis coordinates preschool funding to boost quality
A joint commitment to fund early education and prekindergarten services, including money for the first time from the city of Memphis, seeks to save thousands of prekindergarten seats that were in jeopardy when federal funding ended June 30.
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New early childhood nonprofit First 8 Memphis hires first director
Longtime United Way of Mid-South executive Regina Walker was named executive director of First 8 Memphis.
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Pre-K advocacy group First 8 Memphis holds first public meeting
The First 8 Memphis board discussed the early stages of its pre-k program and moved forward on a search for a permanent executive director.
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Study confirms value of Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K
With news that nearly two-thirds of Tennessee's public school third graders are not proficient in reading or math, researchers report that the combination of Voluntary Pre-K and quality K-3 is a way to improve academic outcomes.
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August 2019
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Pre-K benefits faded, but not for the reasons you think, study says
When a landmark study found that children in Tennessee’s pre-K program eventually fared worse than peers who didn’t participate, the surprising results unleashed a new wave of research to understand why.
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June 2019
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Funding approval will save 1,000 pre-K seats
The pre-K funding will come from the county’s reserves and are expected to be replenished once a court case has been resolved, said commission chairman Van Turner, who did not say what case he was referencing.
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Monroe County hires Memphis pre-K director as superintendent
DeAnna McClendon oversaw the expansion of preschool classrooms as Shelby County seeks to make early childhood education available to all low-income families.
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Let’s invest in the future with quality pre-K education
Currently, just over 50% of children are ready when they enter kindergarten and only about a quarter of third-graders in Shelby County Schools are reading on grade level. That means half of Shelby County students are already behind before they even get started.
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Now is the time to invest in early childhood
Local data from pre-K this year shows the effectiveness of high-quality early childhood programs. Eighty-five percent of the 7,800 children who attended finished the year "ready for kindergarten," and more likely to read on grade level in third grade.
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Stand for Children continues to push for city funding of SCS beyond pre-K
Returning some amount of city government funding to Shelby County Schools would not necessarily mean a return to state requirements to keep that funding level.
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May 2019
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Commission weighs additional $2.5M in pre-K funding
Shelby County is considering funding an additional $2.5 million to help replace an $8 million federal grant that funds 1,000 pre-k seats, which is set to expire this fiscal year.
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April 2019
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Harris to propose budget with no tax increase, small raise for employees
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is expected to present a budget next week with no property tax increase, a small raise for county employees and one of the county’s largest investments in prekindergarten.
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March 2019
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Politics Podcast: Shelby County Commission chairman Van Turner
County Commission chairman Van Turner on Pre-K, politics and criminal justice reform. -
Commission to vote on Pre-K ordinance, appoint new chief public defender
The Shelby County Commission will meet for the first time in nearly a month when it convenes Monday afternoon.
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