Montana Opinion: Let’s boost Montana kids’ early education

In order to guarantee long-term success, however, Montana must do better for our children even before they reach kindergarten.

Last week, as I sent my own kids off to school, I also returned to the classroom — this time with a different purpose.

From Browning to Billings, I have spent the past two weeks meeting with students, parents and educators, encouraging them to work hard this school year, and make Montana proud.

My time in Montana’s schools serves as both a refresher of the many good things happening in our public schools, and as a source of inspiration to work with our schools, communities and Legislature to further improve our education system.

Gov. Steve Bullock

Full Story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130907/OPINION/309070018?nclick_check=1

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Trying to Improve Early Education at the County Level

Local communities are taking up the challenge of funding and implementing early learning programs. We recently wrote about several examples, including the Denver Public Preschool program, which uses a local sales tax to pay for early education vouchers for parents of young children. Denver also helps programs improve their quality.

by Alyssa Haywoode

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2013/09/09/trying-to-improve-early-education-at-the-county-level/