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• The "dance drama" has produced not only a classic legend, bus also a new environment of cultural exchanges.
• This was the premiere of the Chinese dance drama "MULAN" in the United States, where many overseas audiences were enchanted.
• The dance drama has expressed the yearning for peace, which is the common pursuit of mankind."
• I hope that this performance will play a positive role in the exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations between China and the United States."

• Some important lessons pertain to effective ways provinces and territories can expand children’s and families’ access to early learning programs.
• Canada-wide early learning and child-care agreements established between the federal government and provinces or territories allow governments to be creative with increasing access.
• Ample evidence points towards benefits and practical ways of offering high-quality early learning programs in schools quickly and efficiently.

Relying on school infrastructure

Schools can launch early learning and care fast and well by including four-year-olds in the neighbourhood school in programs offered by the school, free of charge. These programs recognize that any fee, even $10 a day, is a challenge for many, especially those who most need the program. This approach is efficient and effective, child-friendly and family focused, and informed by a wealth of international research.

Creating more early years spaces

Ample examples exist of governments who have effectively launched school based early learning programs:
Canadian success with school-based pre-kindergarten reflects international experiences, including in the United States:

High-quality programs

• Similar lessons were learned in many schools’ move to full-day kindergarten for five-year-olds, once unheard of but now enjoyed by all but three provinces in Canada.
• As regions across Canada work to meet the expansion requirements outlined in the federal agreements, enrolment numbers for existing school-based programs for four-year-olds offer an attractive route toward creating more early years spaces.
• Read more:
  What to look for in a high-quality 'pre-primary' or junior kindergarten program

  It is not just the rate of expansion that is impressive; so too is the quality of programs.

Short- and long-term benefits

• High-quality early childhood education lowers special education rates and lessens the intensity of supports required for children with identified exceptionalities.
• Families enjoy having all their children at one site, and can sometimes also rely on busing.

Return on investment, continuity of learning

• A report from the Roosevelt Institute, a not-for-profit think tank in the United States, notes “studies of early care and education programs beginning at birth targeted to disadvantaged groups — such as children in low-income communities of color — have demonstrated significant improvements in their long-term education, health, and employment outcomes, leading economist James Heckman to estimate a 13 percent per year return on investment for similar programs.” New York’s pre-kindergarten program created 70,000 spaces in two years.
• In Australia, efforts to align programs serving three- and four-year-olds with primary grades stress the significance of learning and teaching that smooths the transition for children and families and optimizes academic and developmental outcomes.

Early learning is early education

• They need to know that their children are immersed in high-quality early learning and they do not want to be exhausted in their search for it.
• Early learning is early education.
• The federal government invested in children’s early learning and child-care because it finally accepted the wisdom of doing so — for children’s learning and development, for families’ well-being, for the economy and for communities optimal social outcomes.

• The schedule of events includes:
  Panel discussions led by the Society of Presidential Descendants entitled "Living in the White House," featuring personal stories of the Descendants' ancestors and reflections on their leadership.
• Symposium titled "What You Don't Know About Theodore Roosevelt" on the personal life and legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt hosted by his great-grandson Tweed Roosevelt, president and co-founder of The Society of Presidential Descendants, and chairman and professor at The Roosevelt School.
• "Long Island Universityis a national leader in presidential studies, service learning, and civic education," said University President Kimberly R. Cline.
• "The gala will be a unique opportunity for participants to hear personal stories direct from family members about their presidential ancestors," said Tweed Roosevelt.

• The virtual event will celebrate URBAN-Xs latest cohort of startups, including pitches from the companies founders and a live Q&A with global investors.
• Weve had the privilege of working with some of the most exciting companies taking these challenges on in our 10th cohort in just five years.
• The MINI USA sales organization is represented by a network of 113 MINI passenger car dealers located throughout the US.
• MINI USA began selling vehicles in the U.S. in 2002 with the introduction of the MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S Hardtops.