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The paper says that those who educate early childhood teachers in colleges of education should themselves have experience in the field and that multiple departments and schools within universities not just education can contribute to a preparation program for such teachers. Authors make a number of recommendations for schools, colleges and departments of education, among them, teacher preparation programs should be linked to states' early learning standards. State efforts to help educators understand the law have also not been effective, authors write, except in Georgia, where the state Professional Standards Commission hired regional consultants to work with districts on the highly-qualified-teacher mandate, which public schools must meet by the end of the 2005-06 school year.