What’s New

This full report represents the first effort to establish a baseline description of early childhood employment conditions and policies on a state-by-state basis in order strengthen supports for the early care and education workforce.

First Focus Campaign for Children recently honored seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus for their work in the House of Representatives on behalf of children.

The Children’s Movement of Florida just released its first TV commercial.

FCD has recently published a new Policy to Action Brief by Geoff Marietta, PreK-3rd: How Superintendents Lead Change.

Young Children of Immigrants The number of young children of immigrants from PreK-3rd Grade has nearly doubled since 1990.

Low-income children are more likely to develop cognitive deficits, undermining their chances for successful lives.

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.

Seattle public schools chief Maria Goodloe-Johnson gave the PreK-3rd movement a boost today, endorsing a move to a PreK-12 system as the most powerful step education policymakers could take.