North Carolina is making it easier for aspiring and current early childhood teachers to get classroom experience and college credit to meet the state’s growing child care needs.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 5:49 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Governor Visits College Road Early Childhood Center and Greene Central High School to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 12:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recently received approval to use federal matching funds to expand services for the evidence-based early childhood program, Reach Out and Read.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 9:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To support communities in improving outcomes for young children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released county data for the 10 goals and more than 50 measures that are part of the state’s Early Childhood Action Plan.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 12:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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19 percent of early childhood educators do not have health insurance
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 2:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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In a round table discussion with Governor Roy Cooper and Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, early childhood professionals from across North Carolina shared stories of how the health care coverage gap is negatively affecting their colleagues.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:31 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Early childhood experts and leaders from across the state this week wrote to members of the North Carolina General Assembly to urge them to support Medicaid expansion to help young children and families.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Today at the Early Childhood Summit in Raleigh, Governor Roy Cooper will release the state's 2019 NC Early Childhood Action Plan. The plan provides a framework to galvanize coordinated, statewide public-private action.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 8:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order directing North Carolina to create an Early Childhood Action Plan. The plan to be developed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will be devoted to the health, safety, and developmental and academic readiness
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 12:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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Defying conventional wisdom, a statewide study on Tennessee’s voluntary state preschool program shows children who participated in the program didn’t perform any better than children who didn’t attend pre-K
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fast-moving trains advocating for state-funded pre-K programs in North Carolina and elsewhere lost some steam this week with the release of two reports
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Every Saturday night our family would gather round the black and white TV to watch the latest Perry Mason episode
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 @ 11:01 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina is among six states selected to receive grants and technical support to identify opportunities to improve their Early Care and Education (ECE) workforces, the National Governor's Association (NGA) announced this week
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 12:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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"Pay me now or pay me later, but pay me you will," said the guy selling Fram Oil Filters in the 1970s TV commercials. I remembered those ads as I listened to the presenters at this year's Emerging Issues Forum
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 3:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Cooper reaffirmed his commitment to making quality early learning and development a priority today by naming experts to serve on the state's Early Childhood Advisory Council
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 @ 8:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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More than 1,800 additional 4-year-olds will attend the NC Pre-K program this fall thanks to efforts by Governor Roy Cooper to expand the state's pre-kindergarten education program
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 @ 3:17 am
By: Governor's Office
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The 2016 election season has come to a close, but the polarized attitudes surrounding the campaigns may still continue to impact our children
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 10:24 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:56 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Gray skies and a day-long drizzle prompted a science lesson in teacher Jessica Pate's preschool classroom in the East Carolina University Nancy Darden Child Development Center.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 4:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Most United States governors have completed their annual State of the State and inauguration speeches, which included the outlines of their education priorities. They covered many trending topics such as the Common Core, early childhood education, and Career Technical Education (CTE), the latter of
Published: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 10:11 am
By: Chris Downey
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Incoming kindergartners throughout eastern North Carolina will soon be better prepared for classroom learning thanks to a $1.3 million grant awarded to East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 11:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Beaufort County Community College for the first time this fall will offer an online, eight-week course introductory course in its Early Childhood Education Program.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 3:54 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed an executive order to re-establish the North Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council (NCECAC), creating a comprehensive early childhood website in tandem with the order.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City.
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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