 Tess Judge
Businessperson Dare County As an employer now for many years, it has been my experience that our employees whose children are in quality, dependable child care are more productive employees...  Lauren Houston
Military Spouse/Parent Lee County Development skills such as fine motor skills, gross motor skills, cognitive ability, coordination, and organization are all taught and learned in the early stages a child’s life. Each child deserves to learn these skills ... |
 Jeannine Sato
Duke University Durham County How this country can focus so much effort and money in to juvenile justice, remedial schools, jails, and treatment programs when study after study shows that investments in early childhood education return their value tenfold, I will never ...  Elizabeth Peterson-Vita
Psychologist Mecklenburg County Early childhood education is one of the soundest investments we can make for our local and national future as we pass the torch on to the next generation... |
 Rev. Ken Curtis
Pastor Jackson County Time and time again I’ve seen in the children in the community where I serve the difference early childhood education makes...  Jose Lopez
Chief of Police City of Durham Law enforcement leaders, like me, recognize that early childhood education programs
are among the most powerful weapon to prevent crime and violence...  |
As innovative as they are, many Smart Start Local Partnerships cannot sustain losing close to half of their funding and still provide services, pay the rent, and keep the lights on.
05.21.2013
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reiterated plans for a big push on early childhood education in the second term.
02.04.2013
Research shows that, much like scientists, the youngest kids learn by testing hypotheses against data and drawing conclusions.
10.01.2012
