STARS Montana Early Education Program

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Gazette opinion: Success for Montana’s students begins with preschool

Montanans concerned that our children graduate high school ready for college and careers must be concerned that they get a good start. Student success begins in high-quality preschool.

Montana plans to apply for new round of federal preschool grants

Montana plans to apply for a new round of preschool development grants, the same program that helped create 750 high-quality preschool slots across the state.

A new Zaentz Foundation video: Civic and business leaders discuss the power of early childhood education

"For every 10 children in the U.S., six have access to some early education before kindergarten," Harvard’s Nonie Lesaux says in the video. However, "Only two of those six are in a setting that we would consider high-quality."

Planning partnerships between early education and health care

"By weaving health promotion, preventive care, health literacy, and health care coordination into early care and education environments and making it easier for both health care providers and early care and education providers to coordinate and cooperate through policy levers, we can change the health status of entire geographies of children,"

Lit takes a village for pre-K education

"It’s important for programs to include parents because they are their child’s first teacher,"

Innovative early learning projects vie for grant funding

"We are at a pivotal moment in early education,"

Gazette opinion: Closing Montana’s preschool gap

It’s too early to assign a final grade to the STARS program, but research confirms the lifelong benefits of ensuring that youngsters start kindergarten ready to learn.

Lockwood, Montana, long a preschool proponent, beefs up its program with a state grant

Lockwood is one of a handful of school districts in Montana that have put money from their K-12 budget into preschool.

Ontario calls for investing $2.2 billion for free child care

"This investment will make life more affordable for families and allow more parents to make the choice to go back to work, knowing their child is safe and cared for."

Montana partners with private providers in trial run of publicly funded preschool

"There’s such a need for it. We’ve got waiting lists in every classroom."