 Child Care and Early Education Session Summaries,
Presentations and Handouts
2006 Annual Meeeting
Nashville, Tennessee
August 15-18, 2006
NCSL's 2006 Annual Meeting was held in Nashville, Tennessee, August 15-18. The Child Care and Early Education Project sponsored a concurrent session on the topic of school readiness, and during Human Services committee time there was a presentation on Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care. In collaboration with the NCSL/Annie E. Casey Partnership on Family Economic Success, we also presented a breakfast session that featured George Kaiser as the keynote speaker.
Supporting Parents’ Choices: Improving Family Child Care
Family child care, particularly informal care arrangements, represents a significant amount of the child care that parents choose for their children under the age of five. This session covered how states are developing new ways to improve the safety and quality of family, friend and neighbor care to promote healthy child development and school readiness.
Speakers:
Toni Porter, Institute for the Child Care Continuum, Bank Street College of Education
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Nina Sazer O’Donnell, Director, United Way National Strategies Success by Six
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Moderator: Representative Dave Hogue, Utah
Bridging the Readiness Gap at Kindergarten
Research shows the achievement gap is present as early as the start of kindergarten—and many children never make up the difference. Attendees heard about the latest research on school readiness and how states are implementing preschool policies to reduce the achievement gap and improve school performance. This concurrent session was possible due to a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Speakers:
Katherine Magnuson, Institute for Research on Poverty
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Rolf Grafwallner, Division of Early Childhood Development, Maryland State Department of Education
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Assemblyman Craig Stanley, New Jersey
Moderator: Representative Rae Ann Kelsch, North Dakota
A Businessman's Perspective: Early Childhood Education Is Both a Moral Imperative and a Sound Investment
Leading Oklahoma businessman, George Kaiser, shared his belief that early childhood education is important for two reasons- the first is that the purest form of charity is one which intervenes in the cycle of poverty at the earliest possible stages. The second premise is that early childhood education is a key component to ensuring that all children have an equal opportunity for success. Instead of just treating the symptoms of poverty, it is important to identify and modify its causes, otherwise each generation starts out where the last one did.
Speaker: George Kaiser, President, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company and Chairman, BOK Financial Corporation
Introductions: NCSL President, Representative Leticia Van de Putte, Texas
Moderator: Representative Melvin Neufeld, Kansas
For more information about the Child Care and Early Education Project at NCSL, please contact Steffanie Clothier, Julie Poppe or Caroline Smith at 303.364.7700 or at cyf-info@ncsl.org.
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