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Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Partners with Scholastic to Create Latino-inspired Book Collection

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“This collection helps address this issue and supports teachers in creating inclusive classrooms where stories are discussed and embraced and where students learn about each other’s culture and heritage. Helping one of the world’s largest book publishers create inclusive learning and teaching materials is one way we can do this.”

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Canadian experts say a host of factors contributed to the country’s eventual success in taking large-scale federal action on early learning.

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Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Launches Sister Schools Program Across Four States and the Territory of Puerto Rico

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We created the Sister Schools Program to connect and enrich learning for students at predominantly Latino-serving schools across North America including our territorial affiliate, Puerto Rico,” said ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong. By the year 2026, Latino children will make up 30 percent of the school-age population.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning.? Those laws will go into effect between 2023 and 2026. Subscribe today! But even these efforts could use an assist from federal investment.

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces Recipients of its 2022-2023 Leadership Awards

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The awards program honored 17 individuals for their extraordinary education advocacy and leadership. Our 2022-2023 award honorees exemplify strong, mission-driven leadership, and their support and advocacy for Latino and historically marginalized youth is truly inspiring,” said ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong. “We

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents [ALAS] is committed to providing a perspective to all aspiring school and district administrators including superintendents through programs, services, advocacy and networks rooted in Latino experiences and culture.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. Last year Esprit lost several staff members to a public early learning program that pays more. Children read outside at Heritage Park Child Care Centre.

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