- 3 Ways Funders Can Facilitate Systems Change
November 30, 2023 Put yourself in the shoes of a student who speaks another language — an American-born child of immigrants in Los Angeles, an “unaccompanied minor” who recently arrived in Phoenix, a child of refugees in a rural town in Maine.
- Early Educator Investment Collaborative Awards New Grantees to Address Unjust Compensation for Early Childhood Education Workforce
November 21, 2023 Foundation for Child Development Grants in Action As a member of the Early Educator Investment Collaborative (The Collaborative), we are proud to share that the The Collaborative recently announced $9M in grants to support public systems innovations in increasing wages and benefits for the early care and education (ECE) workforce.
- Foundation for Child Development Appoints Five New Board Members
November 8, 2023 New York, NY – The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) is proud to announce the appointment of five distinguished leaders to its Board of Directors.
- Use What We’ve Learned to End Child Poverty
October 12, 2023 Child poverty more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, children and their parents are now losing health care coverage, and child care programs across the country are at heightened risk of closure — all because successful pandemic-era policies have ended or are ending.
- Social Justice for Young Children: Introducing FCD’s Conversation Series
September 12, 2023 The Foundation for Child Development works at the nexus of research, policy, and practice to improve the lives of young children.
- Mary Grecco Named Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Foundation
May 4, 2023 New York, NY — Today, the Foundation for Child Development (the Foundation) announced that Mary Grecco has joined its senior leadership as vice president of finance and administration.
- 2024 Young Scholars Program Call for Proposals
April 18, 2023 The Foundation for Child Development is currently accepting proposals for its 2024 Young Scholars Program (YSP). YSP supports scholarship for early-career researchers.
- Featured Sessions at the AERA 2023 Annual Meeting
April 11, 2023 The Foundation for Child Development invites you to attend four sessions highlighting our work at the American Educational Research Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 13 – 16. The 2023 theme is “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.” Compensation for the Workforce: The History, The Policies, Attempts At Increase, and the Teacher’s POV Date and Time Thursday, April 13, 2:50 – 4:20PM CDT Symposium Session Description Compensation for the early care and education (ECE) workforce is predicated on a history of racism, sexism, and classism that has plagued the United States for centuries.
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