Education Week and the New America Foundation On the Primary Years Agenda

For external perspectives on “The Primary Years Agenda: Strategies to Guide District Action,” see: Districts Play a Key Role in Building Quality Early Childhood Programs (Education Week) Who Knows What’s Happening? Creating Pre-K through 3rd Alignment (New America Foundation) Happy Holidays!

“What Every School Can Learn From Preschools”

See National Public Radio’s story on a new report from the New America Foundation, Skills for Success: Supporting and Assessing Key Habits, Mindsets, and Skills PreK-12. From the NPR article: … the best tack is to hold entire schools accountable for creating atmospheres that instill or support these qualities. This can be done using tools like…

Beyond Subprime Learning: Accelerating Progress in Early Education

Be sure not to miss this important policy brief from the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation: Beyond Subprime Learning: Accelerating Progress in Early Education. The report presents a vision for early education (on page 3) and 8 overarching actions for realizing that vision: Bridge the Continuum: Streamline Systems Across the Birth-through-Third-Grade Years Upgrade Educators:…