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The Promise of Opportunity

The Birth to Five Policy Alliance works to fulfill the American promise of opportunity for all. Forty-two percent of our nation’s children under 6 live in low-income families and the “opportunity gap” is rooted in these very early years. The Alliance’s goal is to shift the odds for our youngest, most vulnerable children so they can grow up eager to learn and ready for success in life. Click here to learn more about the work supported by the Birth to Five Policy Alliance.

State cuts back on pre-K funding

Friday, April 13, 2012 - Tulsa World
After years of leading the nation in access to prekindergarten programs for 4-year-olds, Oklahoma has fallen to second and rolled back its funding levels to what it was a decade ago, according to a national report.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - Orlando Sentinel
Research is inarguable: The best-trained teachers deliver the best results. Needy early learners often already are at least a step behind. By kindergarten, many are so far behind they never catch up — and eventually drop out. Quality early learning programs produce different results.

Alliance Meeting (National Organizations and State Teams) in Crystal City, VA. Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - Thursday, May 10, 2012. By invitation only.

What's New from the Alliance

EDUCARE: Re-envisioning Education Beginning at Birth

This recently completed report by CCSSO in an overview of the Educare Program, geared to leaders in the public education community.

Twenty-two governors mentioned early care and education in their 2012 state of the state addresses. The excerpts from the speeches related to early care and education, along with links to the entire speeches, are provided below. (Seven states have not had, nor are they scheduled to have, state of the state addresses.) All of the state of the state addresses are available at here.

State Baby Facts

ZERO TO THREE's new online resources on infants and toddlers—State Baby Facts—are a series of factsheets for each of the 50 states and D.C. that provide information for early childhood professionals and policymakers about the status of infants, toddlers, and families across the country. The State Baby Facts present infant and toddler data on good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences to show how babies are faring in each state. The factsheets also highlight the important role many federal programs play in supporting babies’ healthy development.

Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook

The 2012 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook charts improvements and declines in the well-being of children and youth across the state and in each of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns and provides the latest available statistics on 67 different aspects of children's lives, from birth through adolescence.