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- Research-Practice Partnerships to Strengthen Early Care and Education
Foundation for Child Development Grants in Action The spring issue of the research journal, Future of Children, entitled “Research-Practice Partnerships to Strengthen Early Education,” details a promising approach to early care and education (ECE) research and practice and demonstrates its potential to improve educational outcomes of young children.
May 20, 2021 • Read MoreEssential Equity Statements and Resources for Racial, Economic, and Social JusticeThe early care and education (ECE) workforce plays a critical role in promoting children’s learning — especially through their interactions with children and through the enriching and nurturing learning environments they shape.
September 15, 2020 • Read MoreWe Demand Justice for Early Childhood EducatorsCOVID-19, health disparities, and the ongoing killings of black people have highlighted decades of pain and injustice against people of color in general and African Americans in particular.
June 2, 2020 • Read MorePower to the Profession Task Force’s Decision Cycles 3-5Unifying and strengthening the early childhood workforce may be the single most important step towards closing the opportunity/achievement gap.
April 9, 2018 • Read MoreEarly Childhood Leadership Consensus StatementThe Early Childhood Leadership Development Consortium is a network of early childhood experts and advocates, committed to developing progressive and transformational leaders of early childhood center- and school-based programs, who will improve outcomes for all children birth through age eight.
March 28, 2017 • Read MoreA Shared Vision for Transforming the WorkforceIn April 2015, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released the report Transforming the Workforce for the Children Birth Through Age Eight: A Unifying Foundation (IOM/NRC Report). We view this report as the blueprint for the Foundation for Child Development’s work to support the preparation, competency, well-being, and on-going professional learning of the ECE workforce.
October 21, 2016 • Read MoreTransforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age Eight: A Unifying FoundationThis full report discusses the implications of child developmental science for early care and education professionals in terms of necessary competencies and practices, as well as the systems change needed to better support the preparation, competency, professional development, and compensation for the early care and education workforce.
October 18, 2016 • Read MoreBuilding a Birth-to-College Model: Professional Learning CommunitiesBuilding a Birth-to-College Model: Professional Learning Communities outlines how to create Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) of teachers, administrators, and family support staff spanning the early childhood to K-12 spectrum.
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