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Affordable child care, a stronger economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, March 6, 2025 Excerpt: "With these extensions, provinces and territories will receive $36.8 billion to move forward on progress to create new child care spaces, reduce waitlists, and hire more early childhood educators across the country. Affordable child care is good for kids and parents, and...
JK Delivering Striking Results in the NWT
When early learning programs are universal, participation soars. This broad reach delivers undeniable benefits, particularly for vulnerable children who stand to gain the most.
Does Expanding Education "Schoolify" Early Development?
Canada is moving toward expanding education to include four-year-olds. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories have strong models in place, while Quebec is phasing it in. Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan have targeted programs that are raising interest.
What is the Significance of the Lancet Series on The Next 1000 Days?
The release of new research on the importance of the early years is hardly news. A plethora of evidence has been established to mould public policy and inform early interventions to optimize the developmental outcomes of young children.
JK’s role is supporting allophone children
The findings are clear. Allophone children who attended daycare (or pre-kindergarten at age four, though to a lesser extent) show better cognitive development, improved social and emotional skills, and greater communication abilities.
Junior Kindergarten’s ability to improve mental health outcomes for young children
The ability to manage emotions is thought to be important for regulating stress at a physiological level, yet no prior published studies have examined young children’s emotion understanding or knowledge in relation to the stress hormone cortisol.
The success of introducing Junior Kindergarten in New York City
A little more than a decade ago, Bill de Blasio, then the New York City public advocate preparing a run for mayor, sat at a window table in Bar Toto in Park Slope with his policy adviser Ursulina Ramirez. The two batted around an idea: What if every child in the city could attend pre-K?
Auspice and other policy-related variations in preschool practice in the United States: have public preschool programs been more academic?
We investigated the extent to which practices considered developmentally appropriate and inappropriate varied by preschool program auspice (private, public school, and Head Start).
Common Concerns about Junior Kindergarten
Capacity is always a concern, especially in urban areas. Therefore, other province opted to phase it in over a couple of years to deal with capacity issues, starting in rural areas where ample space exists.
Développer le système d’enseignement public pour inclure les enfants de quatre ans
La capacité est toujours un sujet de préoccupation, en particulier dans les zones urbaines. C'est pourquoi d'autres provinces ont choisi de mettre en place ce programme progressivement, sur plusieurs années, afin de résoudre les problèmes de capacité, en commençant par les zones rurales où l'espace est disponible.
