First 10 Blog

A mother holding the hand of a child as they walk towards a school building.

We are thrilled to share that First 10 was named a “Bright Spot” in the CELS Center’s new research brief, Transitions to Kindergarten and Beyond. The brief highlights the practices, policies, and conditions that support children and families as they move into kindergarten and through the early elementary grades. It...

A strong editorial statement on P-3 by the Lancaster County newspaper, the Lancaster LNP: “It’s devastating to think that as early as infancy, a child might be deemed to be “at-risk” — that is, at...

Last week I posted Thomas Friedman’s article about civic renewal in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On Sunday Lancaster’s newspaper published an article about the county’s new P-3 initiative (which I’ve been supporting). Reporter Jeff Hawkes does...

Woohoo, Lancaster County, PA! What Friedman doesn’t say is that Lancaster County is gearing up for a comprehensive P-3 initiative. More to come about the Lancaster County approach to comprehensive P-3 in the coming months....

Marva Hinton of Education Week writes: “Sometimes there seems to be a disconnect between educators who work with children prior to elementary school and those who teach in the early grades, but new survey results...