FREDERICTON, NB, Feb. 7, 2012 - The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain is in Fredericton Feb. 10 for meetings with Government and community leaders and to share the latest in a trio of reports she has co-authored on the scientific, social and economic rationales for investing in early child education. Early Years Study 3 also introduces the Early Childhood Education Index, a tool that evaluates the effectiveness of provincial early childhood service systems.

Friday, February 10

Noon - Roundtable meeting with Minister Jody Carr, officials from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and sector leaders. Marshall d'Avray Hall, Room 322 ...

HALIFAX, Feb. 6, 2012 - The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain is in Halifax for two days of meetings with Government and community leaders to share the latest in a trio of reports she has co-authored on the scientific, social and economic rationales for investing in early child development. Early Years Study 3 also introduces the Early Childhood Education Index, a tool that evaluates the effectiveness of provincial early childhood service systems.

Wednesday, February 8

7:30 a.m. - IWK Leadership breakfast: Hosted by IWK, Goldbloom Pavilion.

9 a.m. - Grand Rounds lecture: The scientific rationale of early childhood education, with Dr ...

The Year 2 research report on the New Brunswick Early Childhood Centres, produced by the Health and Education Research Group (HERG) is now available.

Report description: "This report describes the ongoing evaluation of the integrated platform of services being demonstrated at the New Brunswick Early Childhood Development Centres, and presents selected outcomes from the first two years of implementation. Research outcomes are expressed in terms of benefits of an integrated model of services; impacts on children, families, staff and service providers; as well as some of the challenges encountered at the community and provincial levels.

Findings from the four provincially ...