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Pre-K Now will hold a national telephone press conference call on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 to release a new report examining governors' commitments to advancing high quality, state-funded pre-kindergarten programs. The report reveals a growing trend of support for pre-k among governors and historic levels of proposed funding increases due to increased recognition of the educational, economic, and social benefits associated with early childhood education.

Executive Director of Pre-K Now, Dr. Libby Doggett, today issued the following statement on a report recently released by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Early Child Care Research Network which looks at the effects of child care on child development.

Pre-K Now today announced that Kathy Patterson, former D.C. Council member, will serve as the organization's federal policy director in support of its efforts to ensure that high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten is an opportunity available to three and four year olds across the country.

In 2006, children across the country attended pre-kindergarten programs of higher quality than ever before, and better quality means bigger benefits.

When we talk about the achievement gap between Latino children and white children, we not only must address bridging that gap but also preventing it in the first place.

As a children's advocate and as a Texan, I applaud Governor Perry for proposing a funding increase for Texas pre-k.

This report echoes what we have found across the country, that children who attend high-quality pre-k, like the Arkansas Better Chance Program, are gaining the math, vocabulary, and early literacy skills they need to start kindergarten prepared to succeed.

Latino students face unique challenges in the U.S. education system, and it's time for lawmakers to find unique solutions. High-quality pre-kindergarten is one of those solutions.

There are some children's books that can completely captivate a class. Students are eager to read them again and again, incorporate them into their play, while making connections between the books and their lives. The Gingerbread Boy is one such book.  

Some of my students from last year remembered the story.

Malcolm Gladwell, one of my favorite thinkers, published an article about hiring teachers in the New Yorker. I found it when Eduwonkette responded to Gladwell's article. Gladwell uses the first bad metaphor I have ever seen him write. I am a big fan of Gladwell's work, but it seems like he hasn't talked to as many teachers as researchers before writing this article.