Monday, December 20, 2004
Statement of Libby Doggett on Passage of Florida Pre-K Legislation

Tuesday, November 23, 2004
TEE releases new policy tool for advocates
Policy Primer on Quality Pre-Kindergarten Released

Thursday, November 18, 2004
Doggett Statement on 'High/Scope Perry" Pre-K Study

Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Doggett statement on 'Tulsa Pre-K Report'

Monday, November 15, 2004
TEE's NAEYC PowerPoints on State Pre-K's Now Available

Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Report: Access to Pre-K Good, but not Good Enough
Fifteen states increase budgets for early childhood education for FY’05 school year

Thursday, September 02, 2004
USA Today: Teachers Judge Pre-Kindergarten
National Kindergarten Teacher Survey July 9 - July 14 of 800 teachers by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids & Mason-Dixon

Thursday, August 12, 2004
USA Today: Pre-K's Make A Difference
Quality of pre-k's varies as much as availability.

Sunday, August 01, 2004
Summit Daily News (CO):Teacher education important to pre-k
Pre-kindergarten instruction should be recognized as a specialized discipline.

Thursday, July 29, 2004
Statement on AACTE Pre-K Reform Report
800-member national organization zeroes in on pre-k standards



Thursday, July 15, 2004
US Conference of Mayors Supports High Quality Pre-Kindergarten
1,100-plus nonpartisan organization recognizes pre-k's importance to cities' futures.

Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Building Bridges from Pre-Kindergarten to Infants to Toddlers

Friday, July 09, 2004
Statement from Libby Doggett, Ph. D., Praising Gov. Jeb Bush’s Veto

Friday, July 09, 2004
San Jose Mercury News: Preschool Programs Are Not a Luxury
Libby Doggett, Ph.D. & Mary Ann O'Sullivan
Preschool California joins TEE to discus pre-kindergarten for all versus targeted programs.

Saturday, June 26, 2004
Brattleboro Reformer: Start Early: It works for kids and adults
Libby Doggett, Ph. D.
The Trust for Early Education works nationwide with educators like those in Windham County to bring voluntary, high quality pre-kindergarten to all who want it.


Monday, May 24, 2004
Libby Doggett, Ph.D., named executive director of TEE
Early childhood expert to refocus TEE's state level high-quality pre-k coalition-building

Monday, May 17, 2004
Capital Times: Doyle sets pace on childhood ed
Libby Doggett, Ph. D.
Gov. Doyle's strong stand for WI children sets a high standard for other governors.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Tampa Tribune: All Eyes on Florida
Libby Doggett, Ph.D.
TEE questions quality of FL Pre-K legislation

Tuesday, April 20, 2004
FL Children's Campaign, Rolls Out Radio Ad Touting Pre-K- Calls on Florida Legislature to Keep Promise to Florida’s Families
Beginning Tuesday, April 20, 2004, the Tallahassee-based Children’s Campaign, Inc. will run radio commercials in key areas across the state promoting the need for high quality provisions in the state’s new early learning initiative: voluntary pre-kindergarten for all four year olds. The ads are part of the Children’s Campaign’s ongoing effort to engage Florida citizens and policy makers in the discussion about implementing the constitutional amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Governors' Pre-K Funding too Limited, But More Generous Than Bush’s Head Start Proposal
The Trust for Early Education (TEE) today released its “State of the State Pre-Kindergarten Report, 2004.” The survey of governors’ pre-kindergarten FY 2005 budget proposals reveals that despite strong public support for quality pre-kindergarten programs those proposals on the whole fall short.

Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Guide to Head Start Reauthorization
Trust for Early Education 2004 Guide to Improving Quality Through Head Start Reauthorization" - This guide is designed as a chart to assist policy makers and child advocates in supporting pre-kindergarten solutions that raise Head Start’s quality.

Thursday, February 19, 2004
Trust for Early Education's Amy Wilkin's Statement on NIEER Pre-K School Readiness Report
Nation’s Failure to Invest in Quality Pre-Kindergarten Tied Directly to School Readiness. Amy Wilkins, TEE Director says, "Pre-K Yearbook shows that too few children in the U. S. have access to pre-kindergarten."


Monday, February 09, 2004
Trust for Early Education Lauds Arkansas’ Commitment to Children’s School Readiness
$30 Million In New Funds To Provide Kids with ‘Better Chance’ at Success. Amy Wilkins today commended Arkansas State Senate during its special session last Friday improving the lives of tens of thousands children statewide by giving them the opportunity to attend pre-Kindergarten.

Monday, February 02, 2004
Trust for Early Education Questions Adequacy of Bush Budget Proposal on Early Learning
Although the White House has characterized the Fiscal Year 2005 budget as a plan to make America “more secure, more prosperous, and more hopeful”, the lack of investment in the education of our nation’s young children puts the administration’s commitment to those goals—as well as to their goal of high academic achievement for all children— in grave doubt.

Thursday, January 08, 2004
Trust for Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins' Statement on Indiana Early Learning Initiative: Wilkins Lauds Governor Kernan's Bold Plan to Strengthen Pre-K
Unlike so many of the problems that plague us today, the answer to the school readiness crisis is absolutely clear.

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
TEE Letter About the HELP Bill

Friday, October 24, 2003
Letter from Amy Wilkins to Lt. Governor Jennings

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Bachelor's Degrees are the Best for Raising Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Quality According to a new Trust for Early Education Report
(Washington, DC)—Today, the Trust for Early Education (TEE) released a new study by Marcy Whitebook, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley, showing that pre-kindergarten teachers with bachelor’s degrees and specialized training in child development raise pre-kindergarten program quality and result in better outcomes for children.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Bachelor's Degrees are Best: Higher Educations for Pre-Kindergarten Teachers Lead to Better Learning Environments for Children (PDF)
written by Marcy Whitebook, Ph.d
Throughout the United States, kindergartens receive children with increasingly diverse levels of skills. Strong pre-kindergarten programs can guarantee every child is well prepared for kindergarten. While many factors determine the quality of a pre-kindergarten program, none is as important as the quality of the teachers.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Statement of Senator Christopher Dodd on the Release of “Bachelor’s Degrees Are Best” a New Report From the Trust for Early Education (PDF)
“The Trust for Early Education is to be commended for the release of an important new report on the need for highly qualified teachers in prekindergarten programs. The report clearly shows that the best quality prekindergarten programs are those with a teacher with a bachelor’s degree who has specialized training in addressing the developmental needs of young children.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Statement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Release of "Bachelor's Degrees are Best" (PDF)
The more we learn about the role of education in the early years of life, the more important it becomes. What happens to children before they reach kindergarten is a major factor in what happens to them in kindergarten, elementary school, and beyond.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Castle Says National Study Backs Need for Teacher Quality Standards in Education (PDF)
(Washington, D.C.) Congressman Mike Castle, Chairman of the House Subcommittee of Education Reform, today said a national study released by the Trust for Early Education (TEE) builds the case that kindergarten teachers with bachelor's degrees and specialized training in child development raise pre-kindergarten program quality and result in better outcomes for children.

Thursday, July 24, 2003
Statement by Trust for Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins on House Passage of the Head Start Bill
The Head Start reauthorization bill presented the House with two challenges -- policy and funding. As the bill has moved through the legislative process, the policy has improved but the funding has deteriorated.

Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Trust for Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins Presses for B.A. Requirement To Raise Head Start Quality
Wilkins Calls on the Senate to Require that Teachers with a Bachelor’s Degree Lead Every Head Start Classroom.



Monday, July 07, 2003
Trust For Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins Praises President for Commitment to Early Literacy, Urges Support for Increased Teacher Qualifications
Amy Wilkins
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2003) - The Trust for Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins released the following statement following the President’s remarks on the reauthorization of the Head Start “Today, the President made a strong commitment to early education in his first major public statement dedicated to this issue. We share the broad goals outlined in the President’s statement with respect to early childhood literacy. But the Administration’s proposals do not directly address the most important step toward making high quality pre-kindergarten available for all children: improving teacher quality. Research shows the single best way to help better prepare children for school is to ensure that each and every classroom is staffed by a teacher with a bachelor’s degree with specialized training in early education.


Friday, June 13, 2003
The New York Times: House G.O.P. Drafts Bill To Overhaul Head Start
DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
Over the opposition of Democrats, Republican lawmakers drafted legislation today to overhaul Head Start, the national day care program for poor children, ending a 38-year history of bipartisan consensus as old as the program.


Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Government Executive Magazine: House lawmakers debate state role in Head Start management
Shawn Zeller
Republicans and Democrats on the House Education and the Workforce Education Reform Subcommittee kicked off their discussion Tuesday on reauthorization of the Head Start program with a partisan debate over GOP plans to allow states to administer funding for the preschool program.

Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Testimony of Amy Wilkins Before the House Subcommittee on Education Reform
Trust for Early Education Executive Director Amy Wilkins testified today before the House Subcommittee on Education Reform and praised H.R. 2210`s requirement that half of all Head Start teachers have BA degrees with training in early education by 2008. Additionally, TEE set out suggestions to improve the bill, particularly in the area of federal-state demonstration projects.





Monday, May 12, 2003
Sacramento Bee Editorial: Flunking kindergarten
...All three, together with three more students, may need to repeat kindergarten.

A conversation with their experienced teacher reveals that these six strugglers exemplify a range of challenges now confronting early childhood education.

Two of these children didn`t go to preschool. They might well not be in this position if they had...



Wednesday, May 07, 2003
The Wall Street Journal: Business Roundtable Proposes Preschool Education Changes
Greg Bluestein
The Business Roundtable is calling on state and federal governments to rethink the way they provide and fund early-childhood education, saying early intervention is the only way to narrow the gap in achievement between students from lower- and higher-income families...

“These are guys who care about the bottom line, and this is a smart, bottom-line investment,” said Amy Wilkins, president of the Trust for Early Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group in Washington...


Monday, November 22, 2004
Doggett Statement on NIEER Pre-K Report
Pre-K Investments Spoiled by Lethargic Policy and Low Funding