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EDITOR'S PICKS
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Editor's Pick  21st Century Community Learning Centers
Information about ED's after-school program. GO >
Editor's Pick  A Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development
Presentations delivered at the April 2002 Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Little Rock, Arkansas. GO >
Editor's Pick  Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program
A program designed to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities that have high concentrations of children living in poverty. GO >
Editor's Pick  Early Learning Summit for the Northwest Region
Presentations and papers delivered at the Early Learning Summit for the Northwest Region in June 2002. GO >
Editor's Pick  Good Start, Grow Smart
Information about the Bush Administration's Early Childhood initiative, which includes efforts to strengthen Head Start, partner with states to improve early childhood education, and provide information to teachers, caregivers and parents. GO >
Editor's Pick  National Center for Early Development & Learning
Find research and links to resources related to the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children from birth through age eight. GO >
Editor's Pick  Publications
ED publications on early childhood education. GO >
Editor's Pick  Teaching Our Youngest
How to help children develop their language abilities, increase their knowledge, become familiar with books, learn letters and sounds, recognize numbers, and learn to count. GO >
Editor's Pick  White House Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development
Presentations by experts on early childhood learning and development at the White House Summit on early childhood learning (July 2001). GO >
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