May 2011
3 posts
Early Learning Challenge Receives $500 Million
In a major step forward for young children, Arne Duncan and Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Services, announced today that they will dedicate $500 million to the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC). The funds are part of a $700 million boost for the Race to the Top fund provided in the final 2011 federal funding bill. Comments by speakers at the...
New Early Childhood Initiative About to Launch
Federal departments are putting the finishing touches on plans to spend the fiscal year 2011 (FY 2011) funding provided in the final continuing resolution passed in April. Most exciting from the early care and education perspective is a planned announcement on Wednesday by the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services of a new competition in support of early learning. The Continuing...
Budget Fog: No Clearing in Sight
The topics of deficit reduction and the need to raise the debt ceiling hang over Washington like ground fog, seeping into every discussion of the budget and appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year that starts in October. Some lawmakers are insisting that a plan for cutting the federal deficit be in place before they will vote to raise the limit on the amount the U.S. can borrow to pay...
