Kendra Hurley, Author at Public Seminar

New York City is wise to invest in early education

December 9, 2018 • by Kendra Hurley

Mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned for re-election in 2017 on a promise of instituting “3K-for-All” -- a logical extension of the popular citywide launch of universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) for 4-year-olds during his first term. At the time, neither he nor the voters may have envisioned parents dropping their 3-year-olds off ...

Education

The City Shares Its New Early Childhood Education Vision

The plan proposal remains open for comments and questions

December 2, 2018 • by Kendra Hurley

On Monday, the Department of Education (DOE) released its long-anticipated white paper on the future of early education in New York City. It describes how the City envisions its merger of the City-contracted subsidized child care system, now overseen by the Administration for Children’s Services, with Pre-K-for-All and 3K-for-All under the aegis ...