New Webinar Series: How School and Communities can Serve the Whole Child
Save the Dates. Such great work happening all around the country. We have lined up four engaging panels of fantastic leaders to share their expertise and experience. Our theme: Advancing equity through comprehensive approaches that address teaching and learning, deep family engagement, health and social service supports, and continuous improvement. Excited to be working with…
ESSA and Early Childhood: How States Can Learn from Leading Edge Local System-Building
New America and the Center for Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) are partnering on a series of posts about the implications of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for early childhood. You can find my contribution to this series here: The Leading Edge of Local System-Building: ESSA and Continuity Across the First Decade of Children’s Lives….
New America on First 10 Panel and All Children Study
New America’s Elise Franchino draws on a recent panel event at New America as she reviews key findings and take-aways from my study, All Children Learn and Thrive: Building First 10 Schools and Communities. Here are a few excerpts, or head here to read Franchino’s article: First 10 Schools and Communities: Helping All Young Children…
Eye on Early Education’s Take on First 10 Study
For a helpful introduction to the First 10 study, see Eye on Early Education’s review, Addressing the Gaps in Children’s First 10 Years. Eye on Early Education is the blog of Massachusetts’ early childhood advocacy organization, Strategies for Children. With its Massachusetts audience in mind, this post highlights examples of First 10 work in Boston, Cambridge, and Lowell. The…
Podcast on First 10 Schools and Communities
For a 10-minute audio introduction to my new report, All Children Learn and Thrive: Building First 10 Schools and Communities, check out this new podcast. EDC’s Burt Granofsky interviews me about the major themes of the study.
New Study, New Name: Introducing First 10
The P-3 Learning Hub is changing its name. We are now called First 10. For the past two years I have been working on a study funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation. The study investigates community initiatives that combine improving teaching and learning in the early grades with strong family partnerships and comprehensive services—all underpinned by…
Playgroups offer rural families a head start on school (Hechinger Report)
“On a June morning in this rural eastern North Carolina community, about a dozen families grabbed the edges of a rainbow parachute, making plastic balls bounce in its ripples. Grandparents, parents and children switched between water games, parachute activities and swing-sets spread across a playground. The fun and games are serious business to the group…
Innovative Communities Support Young Children and their Families
Just out in Kappan magazine: “In many cities and towns across the United States, elementary schools are forging deeper partnerships with families and community organizations well before children arrive at kindergarten. The aim of this work is to improve children’s experiences and family engagement and support along the entire continuum from prenatal care through grade…
Comprehensive Services Can Help Close Education Achievement Gaps
The Latest from Child Trends: “A new Child Trends report finds growing evidence for the effectiveness of a rapidly expanding approach to educational achievement. Integrated student supports (ISS) promote students’ academic success by connecting them with nonacademic resources that support the whole child, including secure housing, medical care, tutoring, food assistance, and other supports. The…
How Early Learning Partnerships Can Drive Results
Late last week I posted a new version of a theory of action and 7 principles for P-3 Community Partnerships. The aim of the piece is to help clarify the important role P-3 partnerships can play in improving outcomes for young children. Based on what we have learned about early learning partnerships around the country,…