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News 08-16-10 3
Are you looking for current research reports related to the professional preparation of those who work in early childhood or school-age programs? Do you want to know more about the organizations and initiatives that offer training, advocacy, and policy in...
News 08-16-10 2
Editors Lilian Katz and Jean Mendoza address issues of program quality in their introduction to a special section on infants and toddlers in the Spring 2010 issue of Early Childhood Research & Practice....
News 08-16-10 1
The Afterschool Youth Development Project Act was signed into law by Governor Quinn on July 27, 2010. The law creates the Illinois Youth Development Council within the Illinois Department of Human Services to oversee the creation of programs that foster p...
News 08-02-10 3
Are you working in early care and education or school-age child care and need help paying for your college education? Check out the Gateways Scholarship Program....
News 08-02-10 2
Barbara Bowman and Reyna Hernandez discuss implications of the new Illinois rule extending the category of English-language learners from K-12 students to include 3- and 4-year-olds in an EdWeek Chat....
News 08-02-10 1
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) adopted new rules requiring that early childhood teachers in school-based or administered Early Childhood Block Grant preschool programs meet bilingual certification requirements by July 1, 2014. The rules proc...
news 07-19-10 3
Learn more about the Illinois early care and education, school-age, and youth development professional development network and read “Reflections” by Lilian Katz in each issue of Inside Gateways, our quarterly newsletter....
news 07-19-10 2
What classroom and teacher characteristics promote young children’s learning and development? Read a brief by the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education....
news 07-19-10 1
How do the hourly wages of preschool teachers and child care workers in Illinois compare with those in the other 49 states?...
news 07-05-10 3
Find out about advanced credentials available to those who achieve specific educational or training milestones in Illinois on the Gateways Web site....
news 07-05-10 2
Read a Pre-K Policy Brief from the Education Law Center to find out how policy makers can insure that homeless children have access to free, appropriate public preschool education....
news 07-05-10 1
Find out how the Business Administration Scale (BAS) can be used to improve family child care business practices at a training offered by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership on August 23–25, 2010, in Wheeling, Illinois....
news 06-21-10 3
A Gateways to Opportunity Professional Development Advisor (PDA) will help you explore early care and education career options, professional development opportunities, relevant credentials, and sources of financial assistance for education and training—...
news 06-21-10 2
A new report of a long-running study funded by the National Institutes of Health indicates that the effects of high-quality child care persist into adolescence....
news 06-21-10 1
The Illinois AfterSchool Network presented three leadership awards at its spring conference. Dave Robisch, the state administrator for the Teen REACH program, received the Richard Scofield Award. The Garden of Prayer Youth Center in Kankakee received the ...
news 06-07-10 3
Check out the many career pathways and options for professional preparation within the early care and education field on Gateways’ Career Lattice....
news 06-07-10 2
Find out what researchers from the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University, discovered when they compared two early childhood program quality measurement tools—the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revis...
news 06-07-10 1
Illinois ranked 16 out of the 50 states in its regulation and oversight of small family child care homes, according to 2010 report from the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies....
news 05-24-10 3
Find out about early childhood degrees and certificate programs offered by Illinois 2- and 4-year higher education institutions in the Higher Education Directory....
news 05-24-10 2
How can states establish early learning systems that address the needs of Latino and ELL children? Read a white paper by the National Council of La Raza....