New Paper: Unlocking ESSA’s Potential to Support Early Learning
New America and the BUILD Initiative explore major ESSA provisions that have implications for our nation’s youngest learners
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New Committee on Financing Early Care and Education with a Highly Qualified Workforce
The Obama Early Childhood Legacy
The president has used his bully pulpit to lift early education into the national spotlight, but significant work remains.
What do DeVos and Price Picks Mean for Early Ed?
The future of early learning under the incoming Trump administration remains opaque.
New Report Puts Spotlight on Early Elementary Years
How can state leaders ensure that early education gains persist over time?
There’s A Lot We Can Learn From Pre-K in Tennessee
You Can’t Have Professionals Without a Profession
Early childhood education isn't yet a profession, note Laura Bornfreund and Stacie G. Goffin. But it can be.
Report Surveys States on Key Indicators of K-3 Quality
A new report from Education Commission of the States compares the 50 states on K-3 quality.
A Labor of Love (Not Money): How the Child Care Non-System Hurts its Own Workers
Early Care and Education Workers’ wages are so low that almost half of them are on public assistance.
New Report Finds Room for Improvement in Pre-K Teacher Prep
A new report finds that many pre-K teachers earning a bachelor’s degree arrive in the classroom poorly equipped to educate young children.
Good Teachers Are Important, But They Aren’t Enough
As former teacher and present policy writer Laura Bornfreund learned standing in front of her fourth grade class.
Out Today: Principals’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in PreK-3rd
Most models are geared towards building strong teachers, but until recently principals have been left out of the conversation.