EXCERPT FROM: PRWeb
By PRWeb
Smart Horizons Institute now offers the Florida Child Care Professional Credential(FCCPC) online for both English and Spanish speakers. The Florida Child Care Professional Credential (FCCPC) certificate focuses on the competencies required by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) for early childhood professionals seeking a Florida staff credential. The program provides early childhood professionals the skills and knowledge necessary for working with young children.

EXCERPT FROM: The Florida Times-Union
By Matt Dixon
The panel tasked with crafting the House's education budget unveiled their first proposal.

EXCERPT FROM: Education Week
By Nirvi Shah
A proposed new definition of autism could exclude many people now classified as having the disorder.

EXCERPT FROM: The New York Times
By Sabrina Tavernise
ELYRIA, Ohio — Dinner (chicken and mashed potatoes) was long over, teeth were brushed, and a rousing game of Monopoly had come to a close. It was 9 p.m., and the children nestled into bed under blankets emblazoned with superheroes.

EXCERPT FROM: The Salt Lake Tribune
By Brooke Adams
Clearfield • As the “for sale” sign in front of the Family Connection Center’s respite and crisis nursery buildings in Clearfield signals, it is not just the center’s clients that are in need of help.

EXCERPT FROM: STL Today
By Nancy Cambria
ST. LOUIS • An affiliation of five child day care centers that collectively receives nearly $1 million in state child care subsidies is under fire from regulators for potential violations that include failing to pay taxes, maintain building inspections and report accurate enrollment figures.

EXCERPT FROM: Reuters
By Kerry Grens
(Reuters Health) - Potential playground hazards, a focus on classroom learning and boring play equipment have children spending too little time being physically active at daycare, according to a survey of staff members at child care centers in Ohio.

EXCERPT FROM: KSL.com
By Mary Richards
SALT LAKE CITY -- Countless studies have shown the benefit of preschool and all-day Kindergarten, but neither is required in the state of Utah. Some educators are saying they should be.

EXCERPT FROM: Citizens Voice
By David Singleton
The head of the Employment Opportunity and Training Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania said the tragedy of Gov. Tom Corbett's new budget cuts is not that state funding for the agency's Scranton Area Family Center will be slashed 10 percent.

EXCERPT FROM: The Observer
By Bill Rautenstrauch
OSU report: Child care prices on average increased 7 percent more than family incomes from 2004 to 2010.