Arne (Duncan) joins Senator Harkin in Iowa to Highlight Early Learning

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On July 25, preschool teachers in an Early Reading First classroom in Des Moines, Iowa, got to try out a couple strategies from McREL’s Scaffolding Early Learning (SEL) program for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The distinguished guests visited Carver Community School, which participated in the SEL program as part of a three-year Early Reading First grant, and led a round table discussion that focused on the importance of high-quality early learning programs. Duncan, who also gave the keynote address at the Iowa Education Summit on the following day, highlighted the Obama administration’s recent announcement that it will invest $500 million in a state-level Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge.

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