What’s New

PreK-3rd in MCPS A new report from the Foundation for Child Development and Pre-K Now, “Lessons in Early Learning: Building an Integrated Pre-K-12 System in Montgomery County Public Schools,” describes how Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland used local and federal dollars to craft and implement a district-wide education reform strategy built on aligning high-quality PreK with its K-12 system.

Four universities joined with UCLA’s Civil Rights Project to release nine studies relevant to the effective education of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona.

A new FCD Policy to Action Brief, PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle, calls for Full-Day-Kindergarten (FDK) to be an integral part of a 21st Century P-20 education system.

Impact of the Great Recession on Children The 2010 annual release of the FCD Child Well-Being Index (CWI) is the first report offering comprehensive data on the impact of the Great Recession on American children’s quality-of-life.