New York’s Pre-K Offers Early Learning Model
According to the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, about 94 percent of New York City’s prekindergarten programs “met or exceeded a threshold that predicts positive student outcomes after pre-K.”
Children Learn Through Play — Can Play Also Help Address Trauma?
Beyond the way children learn through play, it also can help kids heal from trauma. The Lego Foundation is teaming with Sesame Street to help children caught in global refugee crises.
Hayat Pharmacy Builds a Healthier Milwaukee by Focusing on the Youngest Customers
How has Hayat Pharmacy established collaborations with other leading Milwaukee institutions to support Milwaukee early learning? You’ll want to find out.
Washington, D.C.’s Universal Preschool Leads to Parental Employment Gains
How does a public preschool program enable thousands of mothers with young children to enter the workforce? A Center for American Progress study explains.
How U.S. Cities Are Leading the Way to Support Early Learning
How are cities and towns grappling with a host of urgent challenges? According to Tonja Rucker of the National League of Cities, mayors and city leaders are testing cutting-edge strategies and developing bold solutions that place children at the center of every decision.
New Film Explores Policies, Realities of Early Childhood Learning
“No Small Matter is the first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education… The film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years, and reveals how our failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.”
Community Engagement: The Heart of Building an Early Learning Nation
Synovia Moss is a superstar change agent in Milwaukee, WI, who is galvanizing people from all neighborhoods, and across business and nonprofit sectors, to put children first. Read more to learn what’s happening in Milwaukee, a vibrant city on a great lake that doesn’t want to lose another generation.
Museums and Libraries: Community Resources for Developing Executive Function Life Skills
Executive functions are the foundations for young children’s academic and later employment success, and museums and libraries are uniquely positioned…