 Governor Cuomo announced in his State of the State on January 9th that he will "propose a robust full-day pre-kindergarten program for the Empire State that is targeted toward our highest need students in the lowest wealth districts and funded via a grant process limited to effective, research-based early learning models." We are to be grateful for this mention in the State of the State, which is of great significance. Pre-K has connected many children and their parents to the school, and helped ease an important transition. But pre-K is only part of the system that prepares children for Kindergarten. I hope this critical endorsement of early childhood education, even more passionately stated by the Governor's Educational Reform Commission, can lead to a discussion of how we build a better system relying on those in the community who have been doing this work for 50 years.
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Transforming NYS Public Education System - Governor Cuomo Announces Education Commission Action Plan. Read more
Strong endorsement of the importance of early childhood education in later schooling. Read Dana Friedman's blog
Education Panel Skips Cost Equation - schools like reforms but already are cutting. Read more
Opposing Views shares how Democrats and Republicans Seem to Agree on Early Child Care and Education (written by the National Women's Law Center.) Read moreThe National Women's Law Center (NWLC) announces a new fact sheet entitled "On the Edges: Child Care Assistance Policies that Affect Parents, Providers, and Children" that discusses child care assistance policies that can have impact on parents' access to affording high-quality child care and on child care providers' ability to support high-quality care. Read more |
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The Federal Trade Commission has released a follow-up report entitled, "A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents." Read more
Early Ed Watch, a blog from New America's Early Education Initiative, shares the 13 Issues that Dominated Early Ed News in 2012. Read more
Impatient Optimists, a blog by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares 16 Small Ways to Help the Kids in Your Life in 2013. Read more
Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, released a policy statement entitled, "The Crucial Role of Recess in School" on December 31, 2012. Read moreModern Parenting May Hinder Brain Development, Research Suggests, Science Daily. Read more |
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Westbury's Nature's Outdoor Classroom
EYI's Long Island Nature Collaborative for Kids (LINCK) is capturing ideas from the community about the design of an outdoor classroom at Bunky Reid Park in Westbury. This all natural outdoor play space stimulates learning, physical activity and the use of all five senses. The need for it is supported by the findings from the Early Development Instrument used to measure Kindergarten readiness of Westbury children. Thanks to a recent grant from TD Bank Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank and support from the Town of North Hempstead and Westbury SChool Alumnus, a legacy will be created for future generations to play, explore, learn and grow.
Building a Children's Library at the Westbury Yes We Can Center!
Reading is the foundation of learning for every child in order to be ready to succeed in school and life. The New Cassel Yes We Can Center will soon have a children's library thanks to a recent grant from the Nassau Bar Association's WE CARE Fund. This grant will enable EYI to begin build a library that ensures all children have the resources and opportunities to learn, grow and build essential skills that will help them thrive in school and life.
Enhancing Understanding of Early Education: The Long Island UPK School Leadership Project
With our partners at the Alliance for Childhood and Nassau BOCES, EYI has launched a pre-K coaching project that is being piloted in four communities: Deer Park, East Islip, Glen Cove and Long Beach. In addition, we will be convening principals with school-based pre-K programs and pre-K administrators from all districts with pre-K to share research and best practices and create a network of school administrators with responsibility for early childhood education. Funding for this effort has been graciously provided by JPMorgan Chase and Rauch Foundation.
the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient BankŪ, and support from the Town of North Hempstead and Westbury School Alumnus, a legacy will be created for future generations to play, explore, learn and grow. |
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Join EYI for "A Night with Nature"
a fun evening for all attendees
Cocktails, hor' dourves, networking and a special reading from LINCK's new book
What If There Was No Color Green?ho
Date: Thursday, March 14
Place: Planting Field's Arboretum, Oyster Bay
More Details to follow
Reserve your ticket now - email info@eyi.org
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SAVE THE DATE
April 29 - May 5, 2013
BE SCREEN SMART
Join The Early Years Institute 3rd Annual Screen-Free Week!
A national celebration where children, families, schools and communities spend seven days reducing screen-based entertainment media and turn on life. It's a time to BE SCREEN SMART and find alternative activities that stimulate a child's learning, creativity and spend time with family and friends.
For more information: visit www.eyi.org/screenfree
For more upcoming events, checkout EYI's Events Calendar
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EYI 2013 Board Updates |
EYI New Chair 
Dr. Jane Ashdown, Dean and Professor, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education at Adelphi University. Dr. Ashdown has played an active role in promoting greater accountability for quality teacher education and represented the university at the state-level. Her expertise and current research is focused on teacher development and learning and on improving first-grade reading achievement through early literacy intervention. Dr. Ashdown earned her Ph.D. degree in interdisciplinary studies in human development from the University of Pennsylvania; advanced diploma in early childhood education and post-graduate certificate in primary education from Goldsmiths' College, University of London; and B.A. degree, with honors, in modern history, economics, and politics from the University of Manchester, England.
EYI New Vice-Chair & Secretary
 Dr. Warren Rosenfeld, Chairman of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital. Dr. Rosenfeld is author of 90 publications and 12 chapters in pediatric texts. He is a member of the National Committee on the Fetus and Newborn, the National Task Force on Hyperbilirubinemia and Neonatal Editor of the Journal of Perinatology. Rosenfeld is a Professor of Pediatrics who had his Residency Training at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York and his Fellowship Training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. His Board Certification is in Pediatrics and Neonatology.
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An online resource of over 700 Long Island parks where you can pick your park by zip code or amenities such as bathrooms, wide pathways for strollers, refreshments, playgrounds and benches with shade.
A wintery day for some family fun outdoors
and bring the sleigh!
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