Dual Language Learner Data Gaps: The Need for Better Policies in the Early Years
State leaders need to build data systems that more fully account for the growing population of DLLs.
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Tracking Outcomes from Age 3 to 35: New Results from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
A new study on the Chicago Child-Parent Center Program finds program participants had higher degrees of educational attainment.
In-Home Childcare Providers Need to Step Up To the Importance of Formal Education
Lost Connections: Tech Use Among Young Kids in Silicon Valley
Survey results paint complicated picture of tech in the lives of young kids. Families want better access but also have concerns.
Q&A About Expanding Pre-K Access for Children of Immigrants
Transforming Financing in Early Care and Education
A report from the National Academies of Sciences highlights how current investments in early care and education are inadequate.
New Report Examines Equitable Pathways to Quality Bachelor’s for Pre-K Teachers
Distilling ideas from across the country on how to revamp bachelor's degree programs to best train current and future pre-K teachers.
The Rickety Bureaucracy That Is Holding Up California’s Early Education System
A new report uncovers the web of often uncoordinated agencies that manage early care and education programs across the state of California.
Are Policymakers and Advocates Reducing or Increasing Early Childhood Education’s Inequities?
A former state commissioner pushes for recognizing the dynamics affecting child care providers.
Ban Suspension and Expulsion in ECE, Then Provide Additional Behavior Supports
More states are taking steps to ban suspension and expulsion in the early years and grades.
Implications for PreK-12 Education in Trump’s New Budget
The Solution for the Workforce Dilemma is the Public Schools
To resolve the access versus quality challenge, Sachs argues for making preschool for three- and four-year-olds a public educational right.
New Report Sets State ECE Priorities
A report from the National Conference of State Legislatures lays out the critical elements states must address to improve early learning
A Head Start Apprenticeship in California Helps Child Care Workers
SEIU and the YMCA developed the program to provide needed (and increasingly required) training