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Farran, Dale C. – Center on Children and Families at Brookings, 2016
In December 2014, then Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan announced that $226 million had been awarded to 18 states under the Preschool Development Grants (PDG) program. Duncan said that expanding access to high quality preschool programs was critically important, and that the states receiving funding would serve as a model for others. The goal…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Federal Aid, Educational Development, Grants
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Reinking, Anna Krummel – Current Issues in Education, 2015
President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are promoting an early learning initiative focusing on the agenda of every four year old having equal access to high-quality early learning environments (Administration for Children and Families, 2013). One way the Federal government is supporting this proposal is through a grant;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Antle, Becky F.; Frey, Andy; Barbee, Anita; Frey, Shannon; Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Cox, Megan – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Previous research has documented conflicting results on the relationship between program quality and the percentage of children receiving subsidized child care (subsidy density) in early childhood centers. This research examined the relationship between subsidy density and the quality of infant and preschool classrooms in child…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Infants, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality