Entries for the 'Advocacy' Category

Webinar recording hosted by Spitfire Strategies.  The topic covered was Discovering the Activation Point and was presented on September 27, 2011. 

Produced by Spitfire Strategies, this toolkit compiles communications materials from the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, First Five Years Fund, and Spitfire Strategies including tip sheets, templates for outreach and media tools, and other messaging materials.

This fact sheet was recently developed by the California Alliance team for use in legislative visits and other advocacy work during the Spring of 2011.  The achievement gap begins to show as early as 18 months of age in vocabulary differences between children who have high vs. low exposure to a rich language environment.  These early vocabulary differences predict reading scores in third grade.

On November 2, 2010, voters across the country will cast ballots to select 37 governors and 6,115 legislators. Due to term limits, many winners of these races will be new to elected office. The time is ripe to get or keep early childhood on the agenda of elected leaders, and the resources highlighted on this page are a sample of what organizations funded by the Birth to Five Policy Alliance have produced to educate candidates.

This white paper, from the National Council of La Raza, examines how states are working to build comprehensive early learning standards and to address issues of professional development to ensure the success of Latino and English language learner children and families.

This presentation from CLASP provides an overview of the data-based metrics included in the House Early Learning Challenge Fund legislation.

Learn how 4 states are using innovative financing structures that effectively utilize and coordinate state, federal and private funding streams for early childhood programs. From ZERO TO THREE and the Ounce of Prevention.

An essay from Dr. Joan Lombardi on the ARRA and early childhood in the new administration.

Lean how to support early literacy and language development in young children in this issue brief from Voices for America's Children.

From The United Way’s Born Learning Campaign, a communication toolkit to help inform business leaders about investments in early childhood.

The Ounce of Prevention argues for increasing investments in early education to even the odds for young poor children, and to reinvest for the future of the community.

A report from the Ounce of Prevention that helps states find ways to fund early childhood programs.

A review of home visiting programs and how they can be improved from the Ounce of Prevention.

A report from National Council of La Raza shows how high quality early childhood education programs can narrow the achievement gap between Latino and other children.

Learn how early education can be used as a tool to reduce crime from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

Find out how this toolkit from National Council of La Raza can help advocates build strong effective strategies to help English language learner children.