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Uncertainty Grows in Pre-K Classrooms Across PA
The budget impasse in Harrisburg has left many Pre-K Counts and Head Start providers seeking bridge loans to keep their doors open or pondering closure of state funded classrooms, while potential new expansion classrooms sit empty awaiting a resolution to ongoing budget negotiations.
Former Governor Schweiker Calls for Investment in Pre-k, Encourages Supporters to Stay Energized
Former Governor Mark Schweiker opened the 2015 Kiwanis Early Education Summit, as part of the Pennsylvania District of Kiwanis International Annual convention at the Erie County Convention Center today with a continued call for significant investment in early learning and a repeated call to action to pre-k supporters.
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PennLive: Wolf, lawmakers must fund pre-K education in the #PaBudget: Another View
A curtain raiser to the always eagerly anticipated details in the Governor’s budget address revealed that Gov. Tom Wolf remains committed to make high-quality pre-k available to more kids.
Gant News: LTE: United Way Asks for Commonwealth’s Support of Pre-K Programs
Pennsylvania is home to nearly 300,000 3- and 4-year-olds, including 1,700 in Clearfield County. Only a small fraction of these children are enrolled in publicly-funded Pre-K programs. Many of those missing out are those at risk of academic failure. In fact, 542 kids in all lacked access to a publicly-funded, high-quality Pre-K program last year.
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Lancaster Online: Report: 80 percent of at-risk Lancaster County children miss out on high-quality pre-k programs
Four-fifths of eligible Lancaster County children don’t attend high-quality, publicly funded pre-k programs, a new report says.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Not enough seats for Southwest Pa. preschoolers, advocates say
“I have spent far too much time telling parents who would like to enroll their children in our program that they cannot, simply because we don’t have more public funding,” said Carol Barone-Martin, executive director of early childhood programs in Pittsburgh Public Schools.