The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading 
May
- Leaning in with Child Care: A Discussion on Childcare Jobs and the Need for Quality, Affordable Care
May 9, 2013 12 pm - 1:30 pm In May, we will celebrate Mother’s Day, a holiday created by Americans to honor our moms and their influence in society. With the presence of women with children in the workforce increasing, mothers are not only the glue that holds our homes together, but they are also the fuel helping to drive our economic recovery. Two-thirds of women with young children now work and nearly half are the primary breadwinner within their family. As more moms enter the workforce and “lean in” to build a successful career and household, however, the affordable, quality early... More »- Greater Atlanta Makes the Grade – A Community Forum to Share Best Practices: Moving Toward Grade-Level Reading Success
May 10, 2013 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM This inspiring and content-rich forum includes:- Overview from the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
- The metro Atlanta/Georgia statistics that support a local call to action
- Two featured presentations from innovative and high-profile national education professionals
- Fresh ideas and perspectives to address summer learning loss from the National Summer Learning Association and others - what can we do together?
- Peer networking luncheon & continental breakfast
- Educating English Language Learners in Early Childhood
May 11, 2013 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m Mercy College 555 Broadway Dobbs Ferry, NY A detailed conference schedule and information about registration will be available soon at http://www.hudsonvalleyrbern.org/- The Hell of American Day Care: Can Two-Generation Strategies Bolster Early Education and Workforce Participation?
Monday, May 13 12:15 - 1:30 p.m New America Foundation In Collaboration with The New Republic Jonathan Cohn's recent article for The New Republic highlighted the tragic outcomes stemming from our inadequate, unequal, and largely unregulated child care system. Stressed by workplace demands and constrained by a dearth of good daycare options, families face difficult decisions. Many child care workers are poorly compensated and inadequately trained, and most workplaces are not set up to support parents desperate for better options. With limited public resources devoted to creating high-quality care facilities, millions of young children miss out on valuable early educational opportunities, and their... More »- Policy Forum on Early Development and Education of Dual Language Learners: Recent Research Findings and Recommendations
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2-3 PM Recent developmental science research on dual language learners has begun to spotlight new and important conceptual and empirical advances. These research efforts from Center for Early Care and Education Research - Dual Language Learners at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank P. Graham Child Development Institute point to important policy considerations for provision of private and public child care; early learning; early social, literacy and cognitive development relevant to Head Start, Title I, and other federal, state and local early learning programs; and implications for issues of child assessment, assessment of program quality,... More »