In this K-12 Dive op-ed, David Jacobson highlights how First 10 school-community partnerships focused on children and families can provide coordinated support that changes lives. “Typically, early childhood programs are divided from K-12 education. Often, schools do not know much about the early childhood programs that rising kindergartners have attended, and even less frequently do they coordinate with them in meaningful ways,” writes Jacobson. “To bridge this divide, communities like York are developing school-community partnerships that coordinate and align teaching, learning, and care across the early childhood and elementary school years.”
The Untapped Strategy That Can Radically Improve Student Outcomes
Partnerships that bridge the gap between early childhood and elementary school are enhancing the benefits of pre-K, writes Education Development Center’s David Jacobson.
K-12 Dive, September 2024