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Preschool Curriculum: What's in it for parents and teachers?

As the Obama administration turns its attention to expanding access to quality preschool education, a new Shanker Institute report shows that the efficacy of preschool programs, both in stimulating children’s cognitive development and effectively reducing the achievement gap, can be significantly improved if programs are aligned with new research about how children learn in the academic areas of oral language, literacy, math, and science. (Report by the Albert Shanker Institute)


		Alliance for Childhood American Council on Education (ACE) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Center on the Social & Emotional Foundations for Early Learning Children's Institute Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Institute for Educational Leadership International Play Association (IPA) The McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE) National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) National Center for Early Development and Learning National Center for Research on Early CHildhood Education (NCRECE) National Head Start Association (NHSA) National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Pre-K Now The Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) Zero to Three
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		National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Park Service Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Bureau of Land Management USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) USDA Forest Service (USFS) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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		Air and Waste Management Association Aluminum Association American Association of Museums American Bird Conservancy American Cetacean Society (ACS) American Fisheries Society American Forests American Forest Foundation American Forest and Paper Association American Horticultural Society (AHS) American Humane Association American Petroleum Institute American Planning Association American Plastics Council Animal Protection Institute American Public Gardens Association (APGA) American Sportfishing Association and Future Fisherman Foundation American Water Works Association (AWWA) Animal Welfare Institute Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA) Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Association of Zoos and Aquaria (AZA) Bear Trust International Bird IQ Boreal Songbird Initiative Boy Scouts of America Cetacean Society International The Conservation Fund The Conservation Foundation Conservation International Cornell Lab of Ornithology Council for Environmental Education Cousteau Society Defenders of Wildlife Ducks Unlimited Earth Force Environmental Concern, Inc. Enviroscape Flying WILD Forest History Society Forest Resource Association, Inc. Fund for Animals Girl Scouts of the USA Give Water A Hand Groundwater Foundation Hardwood Manufacturers Association Human Society Youth International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) International Whaling Commission Izaak Walton League for America Keep America Beautiful Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences National Arbor Day Foundation National Association of Conservation Districts National Audubon Society National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Geographic Society National Gardening Association (NGA) National Wildlife Federation (NWF) National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Natural Solid Wastes Management Association North American Association for Environmental Education The Ocean Conservancy Operation Migration Population Connection Population-Environment Balance Population Reference Bureau Project Learning Tree (PLT) Project WET Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Rainforest Alliance Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Safari Club International Sierra Club Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Society of American Foresters Soil and Water Conservation Society of America Technological Association for the Pulp and Paper Industry The Nature Conservancy The River Curriculum Project The Wilderness Society The Wildlife Society Water Environment Federation WET in the City Whale Center of New England Wildlife Conservation Society Wildlife Management Institute World Forestry Center World Resources Institute World Wildlife Fund Worldwatch Institute
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