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3 Practices and 3 Policies Indispensable for Quality Pre-K
Top-level research, program, and advocacy leaders agree that these elements are indispensable for quality teaching and learning in pre-K
Oft-Overlooked Threads Woven into ECE’s Thorny Knot
Stronger Teaching and Caregiving for California’s Youngest
Power to the Profession Task Force: Be Bold and Aspirational
Transforming the Early Education Workforce
This is a multimedia guidebook inspired by and drawn from the Transforming the Workforce for Children From Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation (National Academies Press, 2015)
Transforming the Early Childhood Workforce Will Take a Village
Policy and advocacy organizations have made a public commitment to work collaboratively to improve the early care and education workforce.
Takeaways from New America and CEELO Blog Series on Early Learning and ESSA
Posts focused on how states could incorporate early learning into their ESSA plans
Q&A with Elizabeth Groginsky on DC’s New ECE Credentialing Requirements
Lead teachers in licensed child care centers will have to have an associate's degree by 2020
Our Take on New Paper: Rethinking Credential Requirements in Early Education
New Paper on the Need for Specialized Teacher Licenses in the Early Grades
Narrower licenses can allow for more specialization
What’s the Right Thing to Do for Every Child to Succeed?
ESSA both strengthens and expands opportunities for early learning, birth through third grade
Don’t Use Kindergarten Readiness Assessments for Accountability
While KRAs have several benefits for teaching and learning, the results can also be used inappropriately.