- Jenny Portillo-Nacu
Throughout the summer, the First 10 team has been visiting communities for annual Summer Institutes. These Summer Institutes provide opportunities for First 10 Partnerships to come together for professional learning and intentional planning for the next school year. Supporting Family Math and Engagement in York, Pennsylvania Early childhood educators from...
- David Jacobson
“Head Start, the country’s biggest preschool program, is getting better.” More than a decade after Congress imposed new standards on Head Start, a third of its partners have been forced to compete for funding that...
- David Jacobson
“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...
- David Jacobson
“Weaving a seamless and tailored web of services for children and families inside and outside of school has been the central tenet of an experiment underway in Salem and five other communities over the past...
- David Jacobson
Early childhood expert and UVA dean, Robert Pianta, in The Hill: “There is precious little evidence that boosts from pre-k are then followed by boosts in kindergarten, first, and second grades – the kind of...
- David Jacobson
- David Jacobson
EDC is looking for a Portfolio Lead (i.e., Director) for its Early Childhood Portfolio. EDC is a fantastic organization to work for, and we have a very strong portfolio with a terrific group of colleagues....