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The people of Longmont still care about education and the arts

Longmont needs a dedicated Center for Arts and Entertainment.

Posted Feb 21, 2023 12:26 PM Read more >

LTE: Our entire community benefits from quality early childhood education

Children who have high-quality early learning programs are more likely to be “kindergarten ready”

Posted Feb 17, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LTE: Peace is Possible, One Community at A Time

What is Project Peace and Safety?

Posted Feb 12, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

LTE: What does quality early childhood education look like?

Study after study has found that children who attend quality preschool and early learning programs develop significant language and cognitive skills

Posted Feb 10, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LTE: Why we must read and talk to our babies

A 2019 study found that babies who are read to every day are exposed to 78,000 words each year.

Posted Feb 3, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LTE: Is this the future of America?

This isn’t as American as apple pie.

Posted Jan 27, 2023 3:57 PM Read more >

LTE: Early childhood education is simply out of reach for most Longmont families

Colorado ranks 3rd as having the least affordable center-based infant care and 4th for the least affordable center-based toddler care in all fifty states

Posted Jan 27, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LTE: We have a crisis in early childhood education

Recent research on the developing brain shows that child development during the years of birth-5 years is crucial for a positive trajectory

Posted Jan 20, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LTE: Another year in the books

Search for all the good news happening in the world.

Posted Jan 2, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >

LTE: Honoring our first responders

"I saw these two women drive past the smoke and flames determined to save these helpless souls."

Posted Jan 1, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >