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Articles Tagged "Department of Early Care and Learning"

  • Thu., May 31, 2012 3:30pm
    Nearly 1,100 Georgia preschool teachers are getting an extra few hundred dollars this week. The checks are worth between $250 and $1,250 for early childhood educators who have furthered their education by earning a new certificate or a new degree.
  • Mon., January 23, 2012 9:00am
    Almost 2,500 day care programs in Georgia have failed to meet the state's standards for children's health and safety at least once in the past four years.
  • Wed., December 14, 2011 8:45am
    Georgia's state Department of Early Care and Learning is preparing legislation to require background checks for all employees at state-licensed child care centers.
  • Mon., December 12, 2011 8:58am
    State officials have failed to collect fines from nearly one in five child care providers who have been sanctioned for breaking rules, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis.
  • Fri., September 16, 2011 12:51pm
    State records show that Georgia day care workers left children in vehicles 57 times over the last five years. Department of Early Care and Learning Commissioner Bobby Cagle said one instance is too many, but the 57 violations represent only a fraction of the 6,686 child care providers throughout Georgia.