Transcript: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES:HARRIET DICHTER

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Congressional Testimony
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March 19, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
03-19-2009
Statement of Harriet Dichter Deputy Secretary Pennsylvania Office of Child
Development & Early Learning Committee on House Education and Labor Subcommittee
on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education March 19, 2009 Good
morning. I am Harriet Dichter, Deputy Secretary for the Office of Child
Development and Early Learning of the Pennsylvania Departments of Education
and Public Welfare, and co- chair of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Council.
Recently, Congress recognized the economic and educational payoff of early
education and development and included existing early education in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: the Child Care and ...

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