by Sean Collins | Feb 10, 2012 | Education, Issues, Reports, The Latest from PPEF
(Released February 7th, 2012) Public Policy and Education Fund (PPEF). Early childhood education is the cornerstone of our educational system. With benefits that include higher academic achievement, higher earnings as adults, a more productive civic life, high...
by Charlie Albanetti | Nov 15, 2011 | Education, Issues, Reports
The 2011 state budget cut $1.3 billion from school classrooms across New York. In enacting these cuts, students in poor districts lost the most. The cuts in poor districts were three times as large as those in wealthy districts (see Methodology section for a...
by Charlie Albanetti | May 18, 2011 | Education, Fact Sheets, Issues
QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to...
by Charlie Albanetti | May 18, 2011 | Education, Fact Sheets, Issues
QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to...
by Charlie Albanetti | May 18, 2011 | Education, Fact Sheets, Issues
QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to...
by Charlie Vella | May 18, 2011 | Education, Issues, The Latest from PPEF
Early childhood education is increasingly being cited as one of the most important factors in a child’s future success. 75% of a child’s brain development and 85% of intellect, personality, and social skills are developed by age five. And, several studies,...