Blog for Early Learning Day of Action 2013 – The Posts

Today is the Early Learning Day of Action! In April the President Obama proposed his early care and education initiative which would greatly increase access to high-quality pre-K for four-year-olds with a new investment of $75 billion to support state-federal partnerships, expand the availability of high-quality options for infants and toddlers through partnerships between Early Head Start and child care, and expand voluntary home visiting programs with a new investment of $15 billion.

After the jump, you’ll find links to blog posts from NWLC staff members and from our participants. Keep checking back here for the latest posts!

p.s. Are you on Twitter? Join us at 2:00 pm ET for a tweetchat on early learning. Our official chat hashtag is #PreKForAll, and we’ll be joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and other special guests!

Have a blog you’d like to submit to the blog carnival? Leave a link in the comments section on this post or email it to djackson@nwlc.org.

Posts from the National Women's Law Center

• Helen Blank, Director of Child Care and Early Learning, “Help Our Young Children Smile” | @BlankHelen
• Karen Schulman, Senior Policy Analyst, “Giving Early Education the Attention It Deserves”
• Lara S. Kaufmann, Senior Counsel & Director of Education Policy for At-Risk Students, “The Jet Story”
• Amy Qualliotine, Outreach Associate, “The Waitlist”
• Alison Channon, Program Assistant, “#PreKForAll: So All Children Have the Chance to Thrive”
• Pho Bui, Intern, “Let’s Give Our Kids that Chance!”
• Lauren Meyer, Intern, “Governors and State Education Commissioners Highlight the Role of Early Education in Improving Third Grade Reading”
• Cortnay Cymrot, Intern, "Prekindergarten Promotes Passion for Learning"

Posts from our Participants

• Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY), "Universal Pre-K is an Investment in Our Kids, Our Families, and Our Future" | @SenGillibrand
• Jonah Edelman, Co-Founder and CEO, Stand for Children, “The Pressing Need for Preschool” | @Jonahedelman
• Bryce Covert, Center for American Progress, “How Expanding Preschool Could Mean an Extra $113 in Everyone’s Pocket” | @thinkprogress
• Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director, National Head Start Association, “Sequester Slamming Shut Windows of Opportunity”
• Nancy Wackstein, Executive Director of United Neighborhood Houses, “New York City’s Children Deserve Early Childhood Education” | @unhny
• Barbara Beck, CEO of Learning Care Group, "Early Education – A Critically Important Investment in Our Future" | @Childtime | @tutortimeschool | @lapetiteacademy | @childscourtyard
• Sammie Moshenberg, Director of Washington Operations at National Council of Jewish Women (and proud grandmother!), “It's About Time We Got Serious About Early Education” | @ncjw
• Dana E. Friedman, President, Early Years Institute, “Building America’s Future” | @EarlyYearsInst
• Krista Guerrero, Intellectual Baby LLC, “Early Learning - MonkiSee and Me” | @Monkisee
• Becky Richardson, President, Promise the Children, “Children’s Ability to Learn is Sacred”| @PromisetheChild
• Helene Stebbins, Senior Policy Director, Alliance for Early Success, “Making Early Childhood the Priority It Deserves to Be” | @4earlysuccess
• Ana Rader, Policy Fellow, All Our Kin, “Why President Obama’s Early Learning Plan Matters to Us” | @AllOurKin
• Emily Griffey, Voices for Virginia’s Children, “Virginia is poised to benefit from the proposed federal early education plan” | @Vakids
• Alyssa Haywoode, Eye on Early Education, “If Obama’s Preschool Proposal Becomes Law…” | @EarlyEd4All
• Keyla Espinal, Policy & Advocacy Associate, The Children’s Aid Society, “The President’s Plan is What New York City’s Children Need” | @ChildrenNYC
• Tonya Thurman, Research Specialist, Innovation Lab – CAP Tulsa, “The State of Early Childhood Education: Needed Expansion for Proven Programs”
• Laura Bornfreund, New America, “The President’s Plan is More than Pre-K” | @laurabornfreund and @NewAmericaEd
• Sara Miller, Senior Policy and Advocacy Network Advisor, “Giving Our Children a Chance” | @USAChildCare
• Kathryn Baer, Consultant in Policy Research & Communications, Poverty and Policy, “Early Investments Can Give Low-Income Kids a Better Chance for a Better Life ” | @kathrynbaer
• Ryan P. Flinn, “Greatest Audience In Education”| @ryflinn
• Aubrey Mancuso, Policy Coordinator – Economic Stability & Health “A Game Changer for Kids” | @VoicesNE
• Nick Vucic, “Policies that Work for Working Families” | @usachildcare and @npv708
• Courtney-Rose Harris, New Media Campaign Manager, Service Employees International Union, “Federal Birth to Five Plan: Winning the Investments that Children and Families Need”
• Kelly McManus, Governmental Affairs Director, Stand for Children Arizona, “Early Learning is Essential” | @ArizonaStand
• Patricia Cole, ZERO TO THREE Baby Policy Blog, “Learning Happens Right from the Start!”
• Lynette Fraga , Executive Director, Child Care Aware of America , “Child Care Aware of America Early Learning Day of Action” | @usachildcare
• Hannah Matthews, Director of Early Child Care and Early Education, Center for Law and Social Policy, “The President Proposes Smart and Urgent Investment with Early Learning Plan” | @HNMatthews
• Naila Bolus, Jumpstart, “Investing in Every Child” | @nailabolus and @jumpstartkids
• Katie Hamm, Think Progress, “Five Surprising Facts About Early Childhood Education”
• Cassie Kifer, Web Communications Specialist, Child Care Providers United/Raising California Together “Early Education For All – The Wise Investment” | @raisingca
• Martin J. Blank, President of the Institute for Educational Leadership, “Early Learning Is Everyone's Business”
• Childcare Resources, “Strong Start for Children: Why Early Childhood Education Matters”
• Joanne Goldblum, Executive Director, The National Diaper Bank Network, “The First Lesson” | @JGoldblum
• Andrea Brauer, Texans Care for Children, “How to Give Children a Strong Start” | @TECEC and @putkids1st
• Scott Hippert, President and CEO, Parents as Teachers, "A Cool Breeze for Washington"