Early Opportunities


Early Education Alliance
Every child needs a chance at success in school and in life. A secure early environment and access to high-quality early childhood education is the key to that kind of opportunity.





Early Education

Giving children quality early education experiences helps children and our state succeed: More children enter school ready to learn, more graduate from high school down the road, and fewer need remediation or special education. More >

Meeting Basic Needs

The three H's--hunger, homelessness, and health crisis--pose special threats for children in Texas, which has some of the nation's highest rates of all three among children. The aid system for children and families here lags behind aid for kids in other states. More >
Early Intervention

To curb the challenges many children born with developmental delays or disabilities face--and even to make those challenges disappear--we must provide targeted help to babies and toddlers. More>
 
Early Childhood in the News

5.2.13 In case you haven't noticed, it's raining (Austin American-Statesman)

4.29.13 Per-Student Pre-K Spending Lowest in Decade (Associated Press)

4.24.13 Improving mental health starts with early childhood relationships (Medical Xpress)

4.23.13 Funding Pre-K programs is an investment that pays off in better lives, reduced crime
(The Syracuse Post-Standard)

4.18.13 The Kids Are (Not) Alright
(The New York Times)

4.10.13 Obama Administration Budget Makes Major Early Investment in Early Learning (ED.gov)

3.21.13 Why the business community wants to invest in preschoolers (WBEZ91.5)

3.17.13 3-year-old survives, thrives despite having terminal disorder (San Antonio Express-News)

2.27.13 Central Texas: Federal Spending Cuts Could Affect Preschoolers (KWTX)

2.18.13 Early childhood education is worth the investment (Dallas Star-Telegram)










   

 

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