CHILD CARE, HEAD START PROVIDERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS: It’s time to ramp up your advocacy to bring preschool expansion to your community! The New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) has advised all New Jersey school districts providing full-day kindergarten that they will be eligible to apply for preschool expansion for the 2023-24 school year, regardless […]
Category: Preschool
View the Recording – Child Care Providers – Learn How to be Part of State-Funded Preschool
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, ACNJ and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) held a lunch-and-learn for child care providers throughout New Jersey about how they could be part of free, full-day, state-funded preschool in eligible school districts. Keynote speakers include ACNJ Senior Policy Analyst Cynthia Rice, NIEER’s Early Childhood Education Technical Assistance […]
View the Recording – Bringing State-Funded Preschool to Your District
On May 17, 2023, parents and community members learned how to advocate for free, full-day, state-funded preschool in their districts. Keynote speakers included ACNJ Senior Policy Analyst Cynthia Rice, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)’s Early Childhood Education Technical Assistance Specialist Beth Ann Gardiner, and Tezeta “Tez” Roro, M.B.A., a parent advocate who helped […]
Advocating for Stated-Funded Preschool Expansion Toolkit
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Preschool Expansion Roadmap for Parents, Providers, Districts
A strong early care and education system that includes high-quality preschool provides young children with the educational foundation they need to be successful in kindergarten and beyond. For more than 20 years, New Jersey’s nationally recognized preschool program has served thousands of young children throughout the state. Since 2017, the New Jersey Department of Education […]
