Federal and State Policy Recommendations to Improve Outdoor Learning in Child Care
Investing in outdoor learning improves child care quality, supports the early childhood workforce, and enhances health equity
Early Childhood Education
Back to School in a Pandemic: How Oakland Unified is Supporting Kindergarteners
Oakland Unified’s work to improve pre-K to kindergarten transitions is more important now than ever.
Challenges in Returning to School Are Real, But Not Insurmountable
New Transition Toolkit Highlights Steps States and Districts Can Take to Address Challenges
New Study Points to Early Childhood Mental Health Consultations as an Important Tool for Addressing Challenging Behavior
Children showed statistically significant improvement in their social and emotional skills after the mental health consultations took place
Q&A with Dana Suskind and John List on Why Some Early Childhood Interventions Lose Impact at Scale
The science of scaling-up model early childhood education programs for population-level benefits
Valuing Family Child Care Providers: Supporting Organizing, Empowerment, and Prosperity
Family child care providers have been organizing for decades, but it has been difficult to secure collective bargaining rights
Study of Louisiana’s Unique QRIS Suggests Improvements in Early Ed Quality
This study suggests that Louisiana’s targeted investments in quality, focused on teacher-child interactions, were impactful.
Oregon Could be the Next State to Address Exclusionary Discipline in Early Education
16 states and DC have banned or limited the use of suspension and expulsion for young children. Oregon could be next to join their ranks.
Forum and Report Highlight New Measure of Digital Inequality: Being Under-Connected
Two key themes emerged from the forum: Pay attention to whether families are “under-connected.” And support human-based connectivity too.