Early Education Matters

By coming together, CoP members access a variety of resources and experts and are able to provide solutions and mobilize quickly.

Early Education Community of Practice brings unified message to state focus on early childhood care

The Community of Practice has expanded to 30+ Michigan organizations focused on early childhood. Members have access to a variety of resources and experts and are able to provide solutions and mobilize quickly.  

Danielle Atkinson.
Mothering Justice “Mamas’ Agenda” addresses childcare and early childhood education

A grassroots policy advocacy organization, Mothering Justice provides mothers of color in America with resources and tools to make equitable policy changes. One of its agenda items is early childhood education.

Family choice in child care is at the core of the new program.
Tri-Share makes quality child care more affordable for working parents

MI Tri-Share is a first-of-its-kind cost-sharing funding model. The state, the employee, and their employer each chip in for one-third of the price of child care.

خارطة طريق “التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي للجميع” تتخذ منهجًا شاملًا لإطلاق برنامج “التعليم ما قبل الاب

"أهمية التعليم المبكر" هي سلسلة تتناول كيف يعمل أولياء أمور ميشيغان ومقدمو رعاية الأطفال والمعلمون في مجال الطفولة،.W.K. Kelloggالمبكرة معًا لتنفيذ برنامج "التعليم ما قبل الكي للجميع". وقد تم تحقيق ذلك بفضل التمويل من  مؤسسة

Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit.
PreK For All Roadmap takes a holistic approach to rolling out PreK For All

Early Education Matters is a series about how Michigan parents, childcare providers, and early childhood educators are working together to implement PreK for All. It is made possible with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

La Hoja de Ruta de PreK Para Todos adopta un enfoque holístico para el despliegue de PreK Para Todos

Early Education Matters (La Educación Temprana Importa) es una serie sobre cómo los padres, los cuidadores de niños y los educadores de la primera infancia de Michigan están trabajando juntos para implantar el Pre-K para Todos. Es posible gracias al apoyo financiero de la W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Rogen poses for a picture at Garden of Dreams Preschool in Battle Creek.
PreK for All a good way to disrupt the preschool-to-prison pipeline

Good preschool programs yield tremendous social and economic advantages such as higher high school graduation rates and reduced chances of criminal behavior. 

Kids in Lansing's pre-K classrooms achieve academic readiness along with social-emotional skills.
Lansing School District: Free, universal pre-K well worth the effort

Lansing School District, the 14th largest school district in Michigan, operates one of the largest preschool programs in the state and offers universal pre-K.

Child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit.
Michigan makes the leap to improved educational opportunities with MiLEAP

MiLEAP consolidates the expansion of Pre-K for All, Sixty by 30, which would see 60% of working-age Michiganders with a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030, and all education in between. 

الأطفال في سن ما قبل المدرسة الذين يعيشون مع التوحد يستفيدون من التعليم المبكر بشكل كبير

تحدثت "تهم التعليم المبكر" عن هذا الموضوع المهم مع هيذر إيكنر، مديرة التعليم على مستوى الولاية في تحالف التوحد في ميشيغان (AAOM) وأم لطفلين يعيشان مع التوحد.

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