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Quality Funds Awarded to Delaware for Infant and Toddler Care

December 15th, 2014

Author: Madeleine Bayard

Building on recent state efforts to strengthen early learning support, Delaware earned $5.5 million dollars last week from a federal Early Head Start grant opportunity to help support high quality, comprehensive services for infants and toddlers from low income families, over 5-years. This effort builds on recent investments in Delaware’s early...

What Will Delaware’s Children Need to Know in 2025?

June 24th, 2014

Author: Brittany Mason

Today's The News Journal includes an op-ed written by Ernie Dianastasis, Chair of the Vision Coalition of Delaware's Leadership Team. Our President and CEO also serves on the Coalition's Leadership Team, alongside eight other public and private leaders in our state. We join Ernie and the respective organizations of the Leadership Team members to...

Delaware Quality Early Learning Efforts Continue to Grow

March 18th, 2014

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This is a guest post from Harriet Dichter, the Executive Director of the Delaware Office of Early Learning. As Delaware continues its quest to Vision 2015, the Delaware Office of Early Learning and its many partners remain focused on continuous quality improvement through Delaware Stars and early learning to ensure that all of Delaware’s...

Grant Awarded to Expand Delaware’s Early Learning Data Systems

February 10th, 2014

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Last week, the Delaware Department of Education announced that Delaware received a $1.5 million grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to expand the state’s Education Data Warehouse and Insight Dashboard to include data on children from birth through pre-kindergarten. This grant will be a valuable tool for helping to link the extensive...