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Dr. Karling Aguilera-Fort, Superintendent at Oxnard School District, has transformed his district’s culture to embrace early education over the last several years. In this episode, he has a conversation in Spanish with his Director of Early Childhood Education, Noemi Valdes, about his vision for early education, the importance of this vision, and his leadership to align early education with the rest of the district.

At Palermo Union Elementary School District, Ruthie Anaya, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, and Kimberly Butcher, Preschool Services Director, have a unique partnership to find fiscal solutions to strengthen and expand their early education program. In this episode, Ruthie and Kimberly reflect on the importance of their partnership to ensure they can meet the needs of the rural community that they serve and the added benefits that come with early education in a district setting.

In the episode, The Bookends, Dr. Janet Schulze, Superintendent of Pittsburg Unified School District, sat down with Dr. Carla Bryant to discuss how she uses early education as a strategy to achieve better outcomes for children from preschool through high school.