STARS Montana Early Education Program

To date, Montana has received $30 million of a $40 million four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education and Health and Human Services to develop high-quality preschool programs for low-to-moderate-income families.

CEELO (the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes) is looking explicitly at how states’ early education programs can help enhance ESSA.

"While none of these factors alone can explain these states’ lack of investment in pre-K, taken together, they may help to describe the unique environment that exists there–one that lends itself to inaction when it comes to pre-K."

Yes, according to the national nonprofit Child Trends.

The roadmap gives examples of what some communities have done to boost their preschool programs and make them more vibrant. It also builds on what’s been successful in Graduation Matters communities.

"Now that we have made access universal, we need to ensure all Vermonters, regardless of income, are benefitting from the new law. To do this, I have challenged my Agencies to work hard to identify ways to ensure all Vermonters are utilizing this important law, especially those low-income Vermonters who too often fall through the cracks."

To build a better workforce, start at the beginning by building better early education and care programs.

Idaho is among five states that don’t offer public preschool

Vermont has become the first state to provide publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs to all 3- and 4-year-olds as of this month, state officials say.

Plan to develop adaptive learning products and platform for use at home and in schools