- 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
As discussed last week, there are multiple entry points for understanding Lowell’s Birth-Third work—the Leadership Alignment Team, the use of the CLASS tool, the emerging school readiness agenda—but a good place to start is with...
- David Jacobson
Birth-Third projects often begin with a focus on aligning community-based preschool and kindergarten. For the leaders of Lowell’s Birth-Third initiative, it was important from the outset that their project be broader in scope, spanning the...
- David Jacobson
Last Tuesday representatives from six Massachusetts communities came together at the Turnaround with Wraparound Showcase to share their experiences improving the services and supports they provide to children and families. Select schools in Fall River,...
- David Jacobson
There have been a number of exciting Birth-Third developments in Massachusetts in the last month or so. I will occasionally do a news round-up to highlight pieces that I think will be of special interest...
- David Jacobson
Last week’s post described how both Somerville and Springfield have developed professional learning initiatives that bring together prekindergarten and kindergarten educators. The work of Somerville’s Kindergarten Readiness Group and Springfield’s Birth-Third PLC begins to suggest...
- David Jacobson
Somerville is graciously sharing a video of David Kirp’s talk about the Union City, NJ success story: https://vimeo.com/89543325. In addition to Kirp’s book, Improbable Scholars, see PreK-3rd’s Lasting Architecture: Successfully Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse...