Buffett-Gates group provides Web resources
A group set up and funded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett (The Birth to Five Policy Alliance) has set up a slick Web site with a wealth of information pertaining to education and resources for child development and learning before kindergarten.
The site has an extensive collection of information about child development, economic implications and evaluations of Head Start, pre-K initiatives and other programs. You can pull out a comprehensive profile of California that includes descriptions of several of the "at least 23 bills that relate to early childhood issues (that) were introduced in the California Legislature" in 2007.
Here's the mission statement:
The Birth to Five Policy Alliance works to fulfill the American promise of opportunity for all. Forty-two percent of our nation’s children under 6 live in low-income families and the “opportunity gap” is rooted in these very early years. The Alliance’s goal is to shift the odds for our youngest, most vulnerable children so they can grow up eager to learn and ready for success in life.