The Jimmy Pratt Foundation is calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to merge junior kindergarten into the province's school system, which it says will better support children with affordable care and expand capacity for early childhood educators.
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Merging junior kindergarten into school system would help children, expand ECE access: advocates
Open Letter to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador to follow the research and expand the education system to include four-year-olds
On Monday, November 25th the following open letter was delivered to Premier Furey and released to the public today. As a voice for the children of this province, we call for the government to divert from their Pre-Kindergarten program which, in three years, continues to fall short with less than 20% of 4-year-olds having access.
Your questions about 10-dollars-a-day childcare program answered
Canada's Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, and the Executive Director of Child Care Now, Morna Ballantyne discuss the challenges of 10-dollars-a-day childcare program and answer listeners questions.
Listen to the discussion: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6510228
The experience of jurisdictions with universal pre-kindergarten shows that 4-year-olds benefit from the expertise of school staff and services, especially marginalized students.