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Developing Strong Family-School Partnerships: Begin by Learning From and About Families

Children and families at 2024 York, PA First 10 Summer Institute.

Improved levels of academic achievement and healthy social-emotional development for students are among the many benefits of strong family-school partnerships. At the October First 10 Network Meeting, EDC’s Jenny Portillo-Nacu, Senior Team Facilitator for First 10, and Kristen Reed, Managing Director for Young Mathematicians, led a presentation on building strong...

Jim Lesko on “Why a Birth–3rd Approach?”

In Washington, DC for a meeting with Preschool Development Grant and Early Learning Challenge grantees. Jim Lesko of AEM discusses the rationale for Birth–3rd approaches: Eliminates artificial distinction between early childhood and early elementary education. Supports...

“Kindergarten Readiness Begins Early in New Bedford”

A great article about how New Bedford, MA has come together to support a focused Birth–3rd strategy. Thanks to Titus DosRemedios and Strategies for Children for laying it out so clearly and compellingly (and for...

“Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work”

… Skills like cooperation, empathy and flexibility have become increasingly vital in modern-day work. Occupations that require strong social skills have grown much more than others since 1980, according to new research. And the only...

Media Coverage of Tennessee Preschool Study

Education Week’s Early Years blog has a helpful round-up of a wide range of media coverage of the Tennessee preschool study. A few choice excerpts: Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman, whose work on the return...

New Social and Emotional Learning Standards in Massachusetts

Eye on Early Education reports on Massachusetts’ new Social and Emotional Learning Standards: The standards explain: “As Preschool children enter group settings, they engage in a growing circle of deepening relationships with adults and peers...

Carol Dweck Revisits the ‘Growth Mindset’

Carol Dweck, renowned Stanford professor and author of “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success,” offers important advice about the hard work of promoting growth mindsets. Be sure to see her discussion of the growth mindset being about...