- Leana Nordstrom
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...
- David Jacobson
See The Early Learning Assessment Literacy Challenge at New America EdCentral for an article on the effective use of assessments in early childhood education. The article includes a number of embedded links to useful guidance...
- David Jacobson
Strategies for Children (SFC) has released a new brief describing the work of the Massachusetts Third Grade Reading Proficiency Learning Network: Changing the Trajectory: Communities Take Action to Increase Reading Proficiency. SFC convened a group...
- David Jacobson
For an external perspective on the aim and approach of the Birth-Third Learning Hub, check out Strategies for Children’s post, A New Early Education Blog, on Eye on Early Education.
...- David Jacobson
Tufts intern Jess Petraglia has compiled an impressive booklet documenting the learning of Somerville’s Kindergarten Readiness Group over the last 18 months: Somerville Kindergarten Readiness Booklet_2013-14. The Kindergarten Readiness Group is a professional learning community...
- David Jacobson
Linda Warren and I did a joint presentation on Birth-Third in Massachusetts at the NAEYC Professional Development Institute in Minneapolis last week. Linda and her colleagues at Early Childhood Associates are providing support to Lowell’s...
- David Jacobson
“Few conversations focus on improving early elementary years, the linchpin of the pre-K-to-12 education system.” A good article on an important component of the Birth-Third Agenda by Laura Bornfreund of the New America Foundation’s Early...