Our region supports US!

What an exciting time to live in the DC region! And you thought I was talking the election, right? Well, that too – I was born in DC and love an election season as much as anyone else – but this seems even more exciting to me. As reported in the Washington Business Journal today, a collection of charitable foundations are putting together a multi-million dollar fund. And you know what they want to do? Improve pre-kindergarten in our region. The ‘for now’ name is the Early Care and Education Collaborative – and it is going to try to raise a million dollars a year for the next four years (!) and use the money to improve our pre-k programs and encourage our local policy makers to get on board with their support. The fund is going to be managed by the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. Our region is certainly following the 2008 directive of the US Chamber of Commerce to make early childhood education a policy priority. What a great place to live…