STARS Montana Early Education Program
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Why Early Edge? At-risk children need pre-K.
Governor Steve Bullock recognizes that our greatest obligation is to the next generation of Montanans. It’s with this in mind that he’s put together a plan to make voluntary, high-quality early childhood education available to every Montana four year-old.
Childcare Emerges as an Economic Tool in Japan
"Japan is using only half its population, so how can it compete internationally?"
Making a Case for Investing in Preschool
"The longer policymakers wait to invest in American children, the less likely it is that they will achieve their full potential."
Wise Ways to Use Technology with Very Young Children: A Harvard Graduate School of Education Video
"The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education: Linking Science to Policy for a New Generation of Pre-K."
A New Study Makes the Case: Full-Day Preschool Programs are Better at Preparing Children for School than Half-Day Programs
"We found that about 80 percent of children with full-day preschool were at or above national norms in terms of school readiness, compared with 58 percent of children at a part-day program."
Montana receives $10 million for preschool
Montana qualified for the grant because it does not have a public preschool program.
Getting Early Learning Accountability Right
How can K-12 education improve if policymakers don’t know how well children are doing in early learning settings?
It’s Advocacy Season: Ring in the New Year by Asking Elected Officials to Prioritize Birth-through-Third-Grade Learning
Write to local leaders — or call, email, and Tweet. Congratulate them on winning their elections, O’Leary advised, and encourage them to focus on expanding and improving education for the state’s youngest children.
New preschool program to roll out in Bozeman school
Watson explained what the goal of the new preschool is: "really trying to close the achievement gap."
Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
"rich students are increasingly entering kindergarten much better prepared to succeed in school than middle-class students," and they’re staying that way.
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