This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Children who attended transitional kindergarten performed better on language, literacy and math skills when they started kindergarten, compared to their peers who weren’t in the program, according to a new report. The American Institutes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Saturday, January 20, 2018, more than 200 early education leaders and professionals attended Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s annual regional Early Care and Education Summit. The event, co-hosted by Early…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week I attended the 39th annual convening of the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, FL, and while 39 may not be a particularly “auspicious” year in most cases,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Staff at the University Children’s Learning Center on the campus of the University of North Dakota were nervous when state evaluators walked through their door. The evaluators came from Bright…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A five-year study analyzing the impact of South Carolina’s nearly 50 Montessori public schools has found that their students perform significantly better than those in traditional public schools, closing the…
Every day we take on the ordinary, sometimes challenging, tasks of work, school, parenting, relationships, and just managing our busy lives. How do we navigate these tasks successfully? And what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early learners — students in pre-kindergarten through second grade — have developmental needs that are markedly different from older students. These children can certainly benefit from edtech, but they must…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is facing an urgent learning crisis. The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (the Education Commission) predicts that, by 2030, 825 million children in low- and middle-income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Restoring higher levels of social mobility will be among the most important political, social, and economic challenges of our time. Already, we’ve witnessed how frustration over this stagnation can destabilize…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine this: You’re dropped into the middle of a country where you don’t understand the language at all — and, as hard as you try, you can’t learn even the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two and a half months ago, Congress missed the deadline to reauthorize federal support for home visiting. The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV, pronounced McVee) is,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Science tells us that a child’s brain grows fastest from birth through age five, and what happens during that time significantly determines how the child will learn, grow and succeed…