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Trends in Infancy/Early Childhood and Middle Childhood Well-Being
The Foundation for Child Development's Special Focus Report, "Trends in Infancy/Early Childhood and Middle Childhood Well-Being, 1994-2006," presents the first wide-ranging picture of how children in their first decade of life are faring the the U.S. It is the first report to look comprehensively at the overall health, well-being, and quality of life of America's youngest children - from birth through eleven years old, using the FCD Child Well-Being Index (CWI), and to track and compare child well-being across three primary stages of development - early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.
See the April 24, 2008 Washington Post front page article.
[Last updated: April 24, 2008]Harvard PK-3 Institute
Connecting the years from Pre-K to the Third Grade (PK-3) is crucial to creating a foundation for later school success. Pre-K to 3 Education: Promoting Early Success will provide education leaders and practitioners nationwide with an overarching framework and practical strategies to develop and sustain effective PK-3 programs - programs that strengthen and effectively align instructional, family engagement, social-emotional, and after-school supports.
[Last updated: April 18, 2008]FCD Small Grants Fund/PK-3 Data Resource Center
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announces a small grants program funded through its PK-3 Research and Evaluation Forum. A maximum of four awards of up to $50,000 each will be awarded to researchers proposing to use one or more datasets from the PK-3 Data Resource Center.
The PK-3 Data Resource Center: The First Six Years of Schooling and Beyond provides access to four longitudinal datasets selected for their potential to inform PK-3 policy and practice.
[Last updated: April 10, 2008]