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Collective Feedback on Virginia’s School Readiness Plans

  • Early Care and Education

By Emily Griffey

Next week state leaders will host four listening sessions to solicit feedback on the state’s plans for school readiness. There are also opportunities to submit written feedback by August 31st. Voices encourages all stakeholders involved in early childhood care and education to learn more about the state’s plans and attend one of the listening sessions or email feedback to info@vecf.org. More details and locations of the listening sessions and the draft needs assessment and strategic plan are available here.

As someone who has worked on early childhood education policy for more than 15 years (and as a mom of two young kids) I am excited about the goals to improve Virginia’s early childhood system. There are many successes to build on in Virginia, but it will take significant efforts to ensure that all kids can benefit from high-quality early learning. Voices has convened the Early Childhood Policy Network for almost 10 years to bring stakeholders together around common policy priorities and messages. This past week we gathered to identify common themes in response to the state’s early childhood plans. We will share the collective feedback during the upcoming listening tour.

Early childhood stakeholders are encouraged to share these common messages during the listening tour and through written comments.

Praise for the Approach of the Governor’s Directive

Impact of Consolidating State Oversight

Improving Policies and Regulations

Unifying a Quality Framework

Keep the Feedback Loop Open


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