{"id":13933,"date":"2020-01-14T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=13933"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:33:27","slug":"education-policy-networking-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2020\/01\/14\/education-policy-networking-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Policy Networking Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Expanding Access to Quality Early Learning<\/strong><br><br>Opportunities in Colorado Access to quality early learning  opportunities in Colorado is growing, but wide gaps \u00a0caused by income  and geography remain. Colorado&#8217;s Constitution provides for free public  education starting at age six, and so for decades, the state&#8217;s school  districts have not provided free full-day kindergarten, often leaving  low-income parents to find other options. Last spring, the Legislature  approved the Governor&#8217;s plan for funding full-day kindergarten  statewide. Colorado also provides a limited number of free preschool  slots for three- and four-year-old-&#8216;s, but the number of children who  are eligible for free preschool far exceeds the number of slots made  available by districts that must rely on tuition to cover funding gaps.  At the local level, cities like  Denver have taken the lead in funding their own preschool programs by  partnering with the district and private providers to expand access. At  the state level, there is promising news as the Colorado Department of  Education recently received a $38 million federal grant to expand access  to quality early childhood services from birth through age five.<br> <br> Join local and state leaders in early education in Colorado for a  discussion about efforts to expand access to early learning for all  children wherever they live and whatever their needs.<br> <br><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><br><em>To Be Announced<\/em>\u00a0<br> <br><strong>Moderator:<\/strong> <br><strong>Parker Baxter<\/strong>, Director, Center for Education Policy Analysis CU Denver School of Public Affairs <br><br><strong>Details:<br> When:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, January 22, 2020<br> <strong>Time:\u00a0<\/strong>4:30-6:30 p.m.<br> <strong>Where:<\/strong> Terrace Room (2nd floor), 1380 Lawrence Street, Denver (<a href=\"http:\/\/click.communications.cu.edu\/?qs=441b2d468bf76d205cb094c2a6463d7576c5c1500a25ab93047f724d74614a004d8b8482a19c41c945a102eaa45c424038a534c3bd1ae24c\">map<\/a>)<br> <strong>Admission:<\/strong>\u00a0Free, space is\u00a0limited<br> <br>Appetizers and refreshments will be served.<br> \u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/click.communications.cu.edu\/?qs=441b2d468bf76d202c09d70f485c573e734ec301a828ee12b47861c624d0448327658dfc0a7215f0e19ded6b8da15e26e211db7e208cf291\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register Now!<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><em>This event is open to the public. Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel may be interested. <\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expanding Access to Quality Early Learning Opportunities in Colorado Access to quality early learning opportunities in Colorado is growing, but wide gaps \u00a0caused by income and geography remain. Colorado&#8217;s Constitution provides for free public education starting at age six, and so for decades, the state&#8217;s school districts have not provided free full-day kindergarten, often leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-events-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}