- Louisa Anastasopoulos
At First 10, we share a goal that all children learn and thrive. Achieving that goal across schools, early childhood programs, and community agencies takes strong partnerships and effective strategies, but it also requires consistent reflection and a commitment to continuous improvement—an ongoing effort to improve a program or service...
- David Jacobson
Living in neighborhoods with a high turnover of people damages parent-child relationships, particularly among ethnic minorities, according to our pioneering study of over 3,000 US families. The findings, from research in Chicago, are worrying because...
- David Jacobson
We are aware that building a coherent system is more time consuming and less flashy than just adding more slots or more dollars to an existing system. But we have an opportunity to … build...
- David Jacobson
Arne Duncan speaking to the Early Learning Challenge and Preschool Development Grant grantees: “We need to get the movement for high-quality early childhood education to a tipping point.”
...- David Jacobson
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....
- David Jacobson
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...
- David Jacobson
… 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...