Deepening and Extending the Work in New Jersey
New Jersey is well-known for its leadership in early learning. Notable examples include the state’s highly-regarded preschool and kindergarten implementation guidelines, its investment in preschool across the state, extensive support for PreK-3rd early literacy in low-income communities, its PreK-3rd Leadership Training Series, and leading edge success stories in communities like Union City and Red Banks….
Improving Social-Emotional Skills in New Bedford
As I’ve mentioned before, Strategies for Children and I are both supporting New Bedford’s Birth–3rd Alignment Partnership. See this Eye on Early Education post on New Bedford’s work to improve social and emotional skill development using the CSEFEL model.
Executive Function & 21st Century Skills
Lisa Kuh, Somerville’s Director of Early Education, has started the Somerville Early Education blog. For a good introduction and number of helpful links, see two posts Lisa wrote on Executive Function & 21st Century Skills: Executive Function & 21st Century Skills – Part 1: Making Choices and Environmental Design Executive Function Part 2: Tools to…
“What Every School Can Learn From Preschools”
See National Public Radio’s story on a new report from the New America Foundation, Skills for Success: Supporting and Assessing Key Habits, Mindsets, and Skills PreK-12. From the NPR article: … the best tack is to hold entire schools accountable for creating atmospheres that instill or support these qualities. This can be done using tools like…