Even Start Program
The Even Start Program is a federally funded program in the United States that gives families access to training and support to create a literate home environment and enhance the academic achievement of their children. The program was first authorized in 1988, and administration was moved to individual states in 1992. The program aims to: *Help children to reach their full potential as learners (early childhood education) *Provide literacy training for parents (adult education) *Help parents to become full partners in education of their children (parenting education) In May 2009, President Barack Obama proposed eliminating the program. As of June 2010, the program is still funded. Early childhood education The components of early childhood are for children that are at least 6 weeks to 3 years of age. The children learn different things according to their age, while parents are attending adult education classes. Adult education Adults can complete their high school education, work ...
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Even Start Byron
Even may refer to: General * Even (given name), a Norwegian male personal name * Even (surname) * Even (people), an ethnic group from Siberia and Russian Far East **Even language, a language spoken by the Evens * Odd and Even, a solitaire game which is played with two decks of playing cards Science and technology *In mathematics, the term ''even'' is used in several senses related to ''odd'': ** even and odd numbers, an integer is even if dividing by two yields an integer ** even and odd functions, a function is even if ''f''(−''x'') = ''f''(''x'') for all ''x'' ** even and odd permutations, a permutation of a finite set is even if it is composed of an even number of transpositions **Singly even number, an integer divisible by 2 but not divisible by 4 * Even code, if the Hamming weight of all of a binary code's codewords is even Entertainment *Even (band) Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist, Ashley Naylor with Matt ...
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the '' Harvard Law Review''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004, when he ran for the U ...
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Early Childhood Education In The United States
Early childhood education in the United States relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. The education services are delivered via preschools and kindergartens. Early childhood education policy During World War II and the industrial revolution the United States implemented a large, well-funded childcare system in order to help mothers join the workforce to support the war effort. The system supported families of all incomes, and the government paid approximately two-thirds of the costs, with parents covering the rest (at a rate of about $9 or $10 a day in today's dollars). These childcare services were set up in factories, churches, and private homes. These programs were very popular, and research demonstrates that, in addition to helping families during the war, adults who participated in the system as children were employed at greater rates, earned more money, and were less liable to require cash assistance than their peers wh ...
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Early Childhood Educational Organizations
Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * Early Branch, a stream in Missouri * Early County, Georgia Other uses * ''Early'' (Scritti Politti album), 2005 * ''Early'' (A Certain Ratio album), 2002 * Early (name) * Early effect, an effect in transistor physics * Early Records, a record label * the early part of the morning See also * Earley (other) Earley is a town in England. Earley may also refer to: * Earley (surname), a list of people with the surname Earley * Earley (given name), a variant of the given name Earlene * Earley Lake, a lake in Minnesota *Earley parser, an algorithm *Earley ...