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...

From Chalkbeat: “The launch of Pre-K for All led to improved health outcomes for low-income children. That’s according to researchers at New York University who analyzed Medicaid data for New York City children who were...

This post updates a theory of action and 7 associated principles that I first posted last year. I’ve revised a few of the principles, and the principles line up with the graphics much more clearly...

I’m pleased to announce that EDC has received a grant from the California-based Heising-Simons Foundation. The grant is funding a study of place-based approaches to improving early learning outcomes for young children. I will work...

David Kirp’s recent New York Times op-ed on community schools in Tulsa is getting a lot of attention. Kirp is also the author of Improbable Scholars, which tells the story of how Union City, NJ...

Thomas Edsall is an opinion columnist for the New York Times who often writes about the intersection of inequality and politics. His articles typically synthesize research findings and the perspectives of experts, whose commentary he...

Economist James Heckman and businessman J.B. Pritzker writing in The Hill: “The push for high-quality universal pre-K for four-year-olds, now embraced by a growing number of political and thought leaders, is strangely isolated from the...