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About 15,000 three- and four-year olds await access to CT's School Readiness Program.
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"CBIA recognizes importance of quality pre-k."
"In March the CBIA board adopted a resolution urging the state to make additional education reforms. The board expressed concern “that Connecticut has not focused sufficient attention and resources on raising the bar for all students and that current policies have not substantially closed the achievement gap for urban poor and minority students ...”
The board directed CBIA to run a full-page ad in the state’s major newspapers advocating these reforms:
Ensure that quality preschool and full-day kindergarten programs exist for all at-risk students in Connecticut’s priority school districts, as proposed by the governor, to give them an effective start in school."
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Connecticut Business and Industry Association, NEWS May 2006 — Vol. 84, No. 4
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"Yes, this is our moment. This is our time."
"Yes, this is our moment. This is our time.
The people of Connecticut, and history, will judge us by whether we accepted our stewardship simply to preserve the comfortable status quo or whether we seized it with boldness of purpose.
I, for one, am emboldened. "
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Governor M. Jodi Rell; State of the State Address; January 5, 2005
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"We know children will succeed better in school when they are healthy and ready to learn."
"By strengthening supports for children before they get to school, this collaborative will save the town valuable taxpayer dollars in future education costs."
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First Selectman John Opie (Branford), December 1, 2004
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"I will advocate children's rights and opportunities . . ."
"I will advocate children's rights and opportunities in my new position as chairman of Connecticut's Select Committee on Children."
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Connecticut State Senator Edward Meyer; Connecicut's Select Committee on Children, chairman
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"The first five years of a child's life are a critical time."
"The first five years of a child's life are a critical time. Quality experiences, both inside and outside the home, can mean all the difference in setting the stage for a life of success. A child who comes to kindergarten recognizing letters of the alphabet, numbers and shapes has a better foundation than a child who has had none of those early experiences. In New Haven, we will continue to work diligently to provide that important first foundation."
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Reginald Mayo, Superintendent of New Haven Public Schools, Hartford Courant, November 23, 2004
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"...lead the fight for universal early childhood education."
"As a Children's Champion, I pledge to lead the fight at the state capitol for universal early childhood education."
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CT State Rep. Cam Staples (D-New Haven); October 1, 2004
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"On August 17th, 2004 the great State of Connecticut took another giant step forward..."
"On August 17th, 2004 the great State of Connecticut took another giant step forward in making readiness for school an opportunity accessible to all of its children. Our new Governor, M. Jodi Rell, spoke with superintendents, other educational professionals at the state and local level, and to Connecticut’s broadcast media, to announce her commitment in making Connecticut the “best in class” in terms of preschool education. "
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Janice M. Gruendel, PhD; Senior Advisor for Early Childhood, Governor’s Office, State of Connecticut; Remarks at the School Readiness Indicators Forum: Getting to Great; September 21, 2004
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"Learning Initiatives for Excellence: Superintendents' Back-to-School Address"
"[T]he knowledge and skills children – particularly economically disadvantaged children – acquire from a high-quality preschool are arguably the most important factors in a child’s success in school. Without them, a child starts kindergarten behind others who have had that advantage, and hardly ever catches up. "
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Commissioner Betty Sternberg, Connecticut Department of Education; Learning Initiatives for Excellence: Superintendents' Back-to-School Address; August 17, 20004.
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"The goal we must strive for is to make certain that every child in Connecticut has the opportunity to attend a pre-school program."
"Governor Rell told public school superintendents from around the state attending the annual summit that, 'It is critical that our children are ready to learn when they enter kindergarten. We know that long-term academic success depends largely on the experiences children have in the first few years of their lives.' ... 'The goal we must strive for,' the Governor said, 'is to make certain that every child in Connecticut has the opportunity to attend a pre-school program.'"
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Governor M. Jodi Rell, "Gov. Rell Acts to Expand Preschool Opportunities" press release, August 17, 2004
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"I am pleased to tell you that I have signed on as a Friend"
"I am pleased to tell you that I have signed on as a Friend ... I testify regularly in Hartford in support of a wide range of issues facing young children and their families."
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Middletown Mayor Domenique Thornton, "Week of the Young Child" press release, April 16, 2004
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