Date:
December 28th 2009
No word on furlough days. But we do have to reduce program budgets and continuing education/travel/workshops budgets.
Antonette K. D'Orazio
Head of Youth Services
Somerset County Library System
Warren Township Branch
42 Mountain Blvd.
Warren, NJ 07059
From: "rekha gandhi" <rgan...@npl.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:57 PM
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Subject: [njyac] RE: Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for PreK-3rd' Education Reform
Hi Sharon,
How are you doing? So, you are looking to see if any public libraries
are partnering in which initiative? I guess I am a little unclear on
what is needed.
We just got word about 12 furlough days for 2010... How about you all?
Did want to wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
-----Original Message-----
From: NJYAC [mailto:sraw...@njstatelib.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:26 AM
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Subject: Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for PreK-3rd' Education
Reform
Please excuse any cross-postings.
Hi Everyone,
The press release below was sent to me via the ALA Leg office.
Are any of your public libraries partners in this NJ i nitiative? I know
some libraries in MD are but
I hadn't heard of any in NJ that were unless it's through public schools
or Head Start.
Please let me know.
Best,
Sharon Rawlins
Youth Services Consultant
NJ State Library
185 West State St.
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, NJ 08625-0520
sraw...@njstatelib.org
609-278-2640 ext. 116 - phone
609-278-2650 - fax
For Immediate Release
December 11, 2009
Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for 'PreK-3rd' Education Reform -
If the State Can Sustain its Support
A new report from the New America Foundation finds that New Jersey has
made tremendous strides in improving children's access to quality early
learning experiences, enabling some districts to nearly erase the
achievement gap. But the report also exposes the fragility of these
gains and urges state leaders to act now to sustain and build on early
learning reforms to date-or risk undoing New Jersey's progress so far.
The report, Education Reform Starts Early: Lessons from New Jersey's
PreK-3rd Reform by Sara Mead, a senior research fellow at New America,
does not focus solely on the state's pre-K programs. It provides a
blueprint for how to create a high-quality, well-aligned education
system that helps children sustain their learning gains up through the
third grade and beyond.
As a result of a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling, New Jersey has
implemented one of the nation's highest quality state pre-k programs.
Research shows that children participating in these programs make
significant gains in language, emerging literacy, and other skills.
Equally important, as Mead's report explains, New Jersey has taken steps
to link that pre-K program to the early elementary grades, enabling
children to acquire a solid foundation of reading, math, and social
skills by the end of third grade.
The report describes how New Jersey became a national leader in early
education and PreK-3rd reform and identifies challenges that could
threaten the state's continued success.
Specifically, it recommends that state and national policymakers:
* Integrate pre-K and other early childhood investments into a broader
education reform agenda to improve student learning outcomes from
preschool through college.
* Invest in building state-level infrastructure for pre-K, not just
expanding slots.
* Create systems of data collection, analysis, and accountability to
drive ongoing quality improvement in early childhood and PreK-3rd
programs.
It also recommends that New Jersey policymakers take the following steps
to consolidate early education gains and build a truly aligned system of
high-quality PreK-3rd education:
* Maintain commitment to pre-k expansion in non-Abbott districts.
* Extend the Abbott preschool program's approach to improving quality
up into kindergarten and the early grades.
* Reaffirm and sustain the state's commitment to early literacy.
* Strengthen New Jersey's teacher credential for the early years
(known as the P-3 credential) by improving standards and quality in
teacher preparation programs.
The report is a project of New America's Early Education Initiative,
which is supported through generous grants from the Foundation for Child
Development, the W. Clement and Jessie K. Stone Foundation, and the
Strategic Knowledge Fund, co-funded by the Foundation for Child
Development and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
For the full report:
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/education_reform_starts_ea
rly_0
For interview requests, please contact Kate Brown with requests at
202-596-3365 or bro...@newamerica.net.
About the New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next
generation of challenges facing the United States.
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Antonette K. D'Orazio
Head of Youth Services
Somerset County Library System
Warren Township Branch
42 Mountain Blvd.
Warren, NJ 07059
From: "rekha gandhi" <rgan...@npl.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:57 PM
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Subject: [njyac] RE: Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for PreK-3rd' Education Reform
Hi Sharon,
How are you doing? So, you are looking to see if any public libraries
are partnering in which initiative? I guess I am a little unclear on
what is needed.
We just got word about 12 furlough days for 2010... How about you all?
Did want to wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
-----Original Message-----
From: NJYAC [mailto:sraw...@njstatelib.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:26 AM
To: njy...@njstatelib.org
Subject: Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for PreK-3rd' Education
Reform
Please excuse any cross-postings.
Hi Everyone,
The press release below was sent to me via the ALA Leg office.
Are any of your public libraries partners in this NJ i nitiative? I know
some libraries in MD are but
I hadn't heard of any in NJ that were unless it's through public schools
or Head Start.
Please let me know.
Best,
Sharon Rawlins
Youth Services Consultant
NJ State Library
185 West State St.
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, NJ 08625-0520
sraw...@njstatelib.org
609-278-2640 ext. 116 - phone
609-278-2650 - fax
For Immediate Release
December 11, 2009
Report Identifies New Jersey as Model for 'PreK-3rd' Education Reform -
If the State Can Sustain its Support
A new report from the New America Foundation finds that New Jersey has
made tremendous strides in improving children's access to quality early
learning experiences, enabling some districts to nearly erase the
achievement gap. But the report also exposes the fragility of these
gains and urges state leaders to act now to sustain and build on early
learning reforms to date-or risk undoing New Jersey's progress so far.
The report, Education Reform Starts Early: Lessons from New Jersey's
PreK-3rd Reform by Sara Mead, a senior research fellow at New America,
does not focus solely on the state's pre-K programs. It provides a
blueprint for how to create a high-quality, well-aligned education
system that helps children sustain their learning gains up through the
third grade and beyond.
As a result of a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling, New Jersey has
implemented one of the nation's highest quality state pre-k programs.
Research shows that children participating in these programs make
significant gains in language, emerging literacy, and other skills.
Equally important, as Mead's report explains, New Jersey has taken steps
to link that pre-K program to the early elementary grades, enabling
children to acquire a solid foundation of reading, math, and social
skills by the end of third grade.
The report describes how New Jersey became a national leader in early
education and PreK-3rd reform and identifies challenges that could
threaten the state's continued success.
Specifically, it recommends that state and national policymakers:
* Integrate pre-K and other early childhood investments into a broader
education reform agenda to improve student learning outcomes from
preschool through college.
* Invest in building state-level infrastructure for pre-K, not just
expanding slots.
* Create systems of data collection, analysis, and accountability to
drive ongoing quality improvement in early childhood and PreK-3rd
programs.
It also recommends that New Jersey policymakers take the following steps
to consolidate early education gains and build a truly aligned system of
high-quality PreK-3rd education:
* Maintain commitment to pre-k expansion in non-Abbott districts.
* Extend the Abbott preschool program's approach to improving quality
up into kindergarten and the early grades.
* Reaffirm and sustain the state's commitment to early literacy.
* Strengthen New Jersey's teacher credential for the early years
(known as the P-3 credential) by improving standards and quality in
teacher preparation programs.
The report is a project of New America's Early Education Initiative,
which is supported through generous grants from the Foundation for Child
Development, the W. Clement and Jessie K. Stone Foundation, and the
Strategic Knowledge Fund, co-funded by the Foundation for Child
Development and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
For the full report:
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/education_reform_starts_ea
rly_0
For interview requests, please contact Kate Brown with requests at
202-596-3365 or bro...@newamerica.net.
About the New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy
institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next
generation of challenges facing the United States.
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