Five Things Districts Can Do to Support High-Quality Kindergarten
District leaders hold many important levers for encouraging the adoption of high-quality, play-rich kindergarten programs.
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Beyond Washington: What the 2026 State Elections Mean for Early Care and Education
ECE has emerged as a key campaign issue in several governor's races, while local ballot measures could lead to new funding
Multilingual Students with Disabilities Deserve Stronger Support
A proposed Head Start rule could harm dual-identified learners, who are underserved at every stage of school.
Five Things Principals Can Do to Protect Kindergarten’s Three Indispensables
What young students experience in school depends heavily on decisions the principal makes.
Federal Early Education Update: September 2026
The latest in federal early education news
Five Things States Can Do to Support High-Quality Kindergarten and the Early Grades
Laws signal what matters, and funding, capacity, prepared adults, and aligned systems determine whether anything changes for children.
Current Head Start Program Performance Standards Protect Children with Disabilities
The proposed rule, Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs, would make it m…
New Report Offers Bipartisan Solutions to State Child Care Woes
The report offers examples of bipartisan steps that can be taken at the state level to move the needle forward on child care poli…
Five Places to Watch: Where Kindergarten Is Being Rediscovered
These bright spots show what's possible when leaders begin to establish the right conditions for young learners.
Transitions Don’t End at the Schoolhouse Door
Gwinnett County is a bright spot for transitions to kindergarten and beyond.
Community-Focused Professional Development for Early Learning
Professional development for early educators in three communities strengthened social and emotional learning, dual language learning, and trauma-responsive care.
Five Things History Teaches Us About Kindergarten That Are Also Important Today
The kindergarten many of us picture faded in recent memory, not in the distant past.
Five Things to Know About High Quality in Kindergarten
There is a lot we need to rethink about kindergarten.
What’s in the Trump Administration’s New Head Start Rule?
The proposed rule amounts to a sweeping rollback of the federal standards that have defined Head Start’s quality and scope for decades.
Beyond Market Rates: How States and Cities Are Estimating the True Cost of Quality Care
This resource is for state and local policymakers, agency leaders and staff, and early childhood advocates working to understand and fund the true cost of providing hig…