Coming on the heels of a joint U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Early Learning Listening and Learning Tour held in cities across the country, yesterday the U.S. Senate Education Committee convened a hearing solely focused on early childhood education and the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, also known as No Child Left Behind).
Yesterday’s hearing brought early learning to the top of the Senate Education Committee’s agenda, and addressed many of the issues professionals in the early childhood education field have known for years, such as the critical impact early learning has on future developmental, academic, and social success.
CEC – and its Division for Early Childhood (DEC) – have applauded this long overdue focus on early learning which started in earnest last month during the Administration’s Early Learning Listening and Learning Tour.
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