National research demonstrates that high quality early childhood
education helps level the playing field for children and can
change the course of their lives.
Therefore, Mayor Buddy Dyer has made investment in quality early childhood
education a key focus of his administration.
Learn more about the
Florida Child
Care Executive Partnership, helping employers meet the needs of
employees who are working parents, to ensure children have safe,
high quality, developmentally appropriate child care while parents
work to remain self-sufficient
Check out the "Pathways
Mapping Initiative," a website that holds a wealth of
information about what it takes to increase the number of children
who are ready for school.
