Community-Focused Professional Development for Early Learning
Professional development for early educators in three communities strengthened social and emotional learning, dual language learning, and trauma-re…
Early Childhood Education
Five Things History Teaches Us About Kindergarten That Are Also Important Today
The kindergarten many of us picture faded in recent memory, not in the distant past.
Five Things to Know About High Quality in Kindergarten
There is a lot we need to rethink about kindergarten.
What’s in the Trump Administration’s New Head Start Rule?
The proposed rule amounts to a sweeping rollback of the federal standards that have defined Head Start’s quality an…
Beyond Market Rates: How States and Cities Are Estimating the True Cost of Quality Care
This resource is for state and local policymakers, agency leaders and staff, and early childhood advocates working …
Q&A with Economist Jessica H. Brown About Accurately Measuring Child Care Access and Demand
Jessica H. Brown, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of South Carolina, tests whether areas desi…
Count What Matters: Building Data Infrastructure for Early Childhood Systems
This resource is designed for state and local policymakers, agency leaders and staff, and advocates working to stre…
The Quiet Dismantling of Head Start: How the Trump Administration Is Using Regulation to Reshape a Program It Can’t Eliminate
The forthcoming proposed rule seems designed to hollow out the program from within.
Strengthening Connections to Early Intervention Through Policy and Practice
New America hosted a virtual panel of…
Reducing Red Tape in Child Care: Sensible Reform or a Race to the Bottom?
The debate currently happening in Indiana is simultaneously occurring in several states across the country and refl…