/tags/early-childhood-education Early Childhood Education en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-10-11/21-5-million-career-tech-ed-building-collinsville-illinois The 46,000-square-foot facility will be an expansion of the Collinsville Area Vocational Center, which was opened in 1971 and currently provides students from 10 area high schools with dual-credit career training and skill development. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-10-11/21-5-million-career-tech-ed-building-collinsville-illinois Kelly Smits /government-politics-issues/2024-06-26/illinois-governor-pritzker-oks-department-of-early-childhood Illinois' newly-made Department of Early Childhood will administer several programs such as preschool funding, subsidized daycare services and home visits that are currently spread out among three different agencies. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-26/illinois-governor-pritzker-oks-department-of-early-childhood Peter Hancock /government-politics-issues/2024-05-10/illinois-house-approves-department-of-early-childhood Illinois' Department of Early Childhood will administer programs currently spread across 3 agencies — the State Board of Education, Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Family Services. Fri, 10 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-05-10/illinois-house-approves-department-of-early-childhood Peter Hancock /education/2024-04-16/university-city-preschool-gets-75k-for-outdoor-learning-play-space The PNC Foundation, through a partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden, is granting the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City $75,000. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:17:20 GMT /education/2024-04-16/university-city-preschool-gets-75k-for-outdoor-learning-play-space Lacretia Wimbley /education/2024-03-26/siue-opens-early-childhood-facility-for-lower-income-residents-in-ofallon The new Metro East facility will serve lower-income families near O’Fallon, Shiloh, Lebanon and east Belleville. Center directors said they observed a need for such a facility as St. Clair County residents moved east. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-03-26/siue-opens-early-childhood-facility-for-lower-income-residents-in-ofallon Will Bauer /economy-business/2024-01-24/illinois-home-based-child-care-providers-often-make-minimum-wage-or-less As more daycare operators leave the field for better-paying jobs, families have fewer child care options, says the union that represents 15,000 providers in Illinois. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-01-24/illinois-home-based-child-care-providers-often-make-minimum-wage-or-less Esther Yoon-Ji Kang /government-politics-issues/2024-01-17/pritzker-touts-early-childhood-education-and-manufacturing-investments-in-the-metro-east Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state plan to eliminate preschool deserts had a successful first year and celebrated East Alton-based Wieland Manufacturing's $500 million investment to modernize its facility. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 22:33:44 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-01-17/pritzker-touts-early-childhood-education-and-manufacturing-investments-in-the-metro-east Will Bauer /education/2023-11-09/dolly-partons-imagination-library-expands-to-young-readers-across-missouri Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program is now statewide in Missouri. The program provides children with a free book in the mail each month until their fifth birthday. The goal is to nurture a love of reading and improve literacy. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /education/2023-11-09/dolly-partons-imagination-library-expands-to-young-readers-across-missouri Marissanne Lewis-Thompson /education/2023-10-25/illinois-pritzker-proposes-creation-of-new-standalone-early-childhood-agency The newly-formed Illinois agency would coordinate child care, preschool and early intervention across 102 counties. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /education/2023-10-25/illinois-pritzker-proposes-creation-of-new-standalone-early-childhood-agency Peter Hancock /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-09-21/how-early-childhood-educators-are-preparing-for-financial-loss-as-arpa-funding-dries-up Child care providers and educators in the Metro East and St. Louis have struggled to get by with meager state and national funding. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:52:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-09-21/how-early-childhood-educators-are-preparing-for-financial-loss-as-arpa-funding-dries-up Miya Norfleet