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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.

Expansion in pre-K programs curtailed in recession

Boston.com - January 17, 2012
The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren’t going to preschool.

Bloomberg - February 22, 2011
With $10 million from hedge-fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, List will track the results of more than 600 students-- including 150 at this school. His goal is to find out whether investing in teachers or, alternatively, in parents, leads to more gains in kids’ educational performance, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its April issue.

The Griffin experiment may show that the U.S. doesn’t spend enough on helping parents, List says. “We have too many eggs in the kid basket,” says List, himself a father of five. “We need to spend much more time and many more resources on helping parents.”

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

Coaching and Quality Assistance in Quality Rating Improvement Systems

Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRISs) commonly offer on-site technical assistance (TA) and coaching to help early care and education settings achieve quality improvements and a higher QRIS rating. In surveys of administrators overseeing statewide QRISs, almost all states reported the use of on-site TA and coaching in both center-based and home-based settings.

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Child Care and Early Education team regularly works with policymakers, advocates, and other key early childhood stakeholders, to plan, develop, and strengthen child care and early education policy at the state level. CLASP can provide technical assistance in a number of ways, from our offices in Washington, DC, or in your state.

National Governors Association produced this recent issue brief on advisory council implementation. Here you can obtain more information on what councils are doing across the states.

Stepping Up to the Challenge

In this report prepared by the Early Learning Challenge Collaborative you can read profiles of the 2011 Early Learning Challenge Grant Applications.