Early Education Matters

Early Education Matters shares how Michigan parents, child care providers, and early childhood educators are working together to create more early education opportunities for all little Michiganders. It is made possible with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

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Hope Starts Here puts Detroit's young children first


Feature Story Danielle Atkinson
Longform Robin Beasley is the director of Garden of Dreams Preschool inside First Congregational Church.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit
Longform Rogen poses for a picture at Garden of Dreams Preschool in Battle Creek
Longform Kids in Lansing's pre-K classrooms achieve academic readiness along with social-emotional skills.

Lansing School District: Free, universal pre-K well worth the effort


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Longform Child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit

Michigan makes the leap to improved educational opportunities with MiLEAP


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Why preschoolers living with autism benefit from early education


Longform Most of Michigan’s counties having childcare deserts, areas that have three or more families competing for one available childcare slot.
Feature Story Dining room in Coleman's Culinary Arts facility

Pre-K and CTE in focus