Featured: K-12 Dive Op-Ed: The Untapped Strategy That Can Radically Improve Student Outcomes | Kindergarten as a Sturdy Bridge and the Transition to 1st Grade
Latest Friends of First 10 Newsletter
Featured: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) Webinars Featuring First 10 School-Community Partnerships | Swati Adarkar and Ralph Smith Visit to First 10 York, PA | Collectively Advancing Our First 10 Work
Newsletter Archive
Featured: Letter announcing new First 10 communities and sharing news of presentations | Beyond Kindergarten: Transition, Continuity and Alignment | Webinar Presentation; First 10 Summer Institutes | A Partnership Focused on Family Engagement and Math
Featured: Letter announcing new website, network updates, and keynotes | External Evaluation Report Shows Impact of First 10 Pilot in Michigan | Evaluation of Rhode Island First 10 Work | Case Study on First 10 in East Providence, RI
Featured: Monthly First 10 Network Meetings | Practical Ideas for Deepening Family Partnerships | New First 10 Blog Post. Resource Spotlight: Lost in the Labyrinth: Helping Parents Navigate Early Care and Education Programs | Research Brief: Relationships | Research Brief: Sustained High-Quality Experiences | Essential Instructional Practices in Language and Emergent Literacy: Birth to Age 3 | Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Prekindergarten | Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Grades K to 3.
Featured: The Power of First 10 Partnerships, Early Learning Nation article; Monthly First 10 Network Meetings; School Connected Play & Learns, new First 10 blog post. Resource Spotlight: The Basics: Skill-Building Activities for Groups of Caregivers and Their Infants/Toddlers | Centering Equity in Home-School Relations | Learning How States, Districts, and Educators are Strengthening Kindergarten | The Case for Community Schools Districts | Math Mindset Readings & Resources.
Featured: Blog: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading webinar on First 10 school-community partnerships | New First 10 Video | East Providence, RI First 10 Strategies. Resource Spotlight: Advancing Racial Equity through Neighborhood Informed Early Childhood Policies, Family Engagement Core Competencies. Funding Opportunity: U.S. DOE Full Service Community Schools Grant
Featured: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading webinar on First 10 school-community partnerships | Blog: First 10 Highlights from Lancaster County, PA: Impact Spotlight Video | Summer Institutes. Resource Spotlight: Be Strong Families: Parent Cafes, Community Schools as an Effective School Improvement Strategy | The Good, the Bad, and the Lonely.
Featured: Blog: The First 10 Network Is Underway. Resource Spotlight: Transition to Kindergarten Toolkit, Superintendents’ Early Childhood Plan, and Community Schools and the Science of Learning and Development.
Featured: Announcement of the First 10 Network | First 10 Spotlight on East Providence | Head Start School-Community Partnerships