All Across the Continuum Resources (cont'd)

This Social Policy Report summarizes the research basis for the PreK-3rd approach.

Learn how to build a successful political movement around universal Pre-K. Individual sections cover strategic planning, developing messages, involving both likely and unlikely allies, resolving conflicts within the coalition, grassroots organizing, and working with state legislators.

Many young children in immigrant families do not have good access to health and education services.

Using a comprehensive database of child care fatalities they created, Julia Wrigley and Joanna Dreby of the City University of New York Graduate Center found that child care fatalities are rarer than child fatalities outside of paid care.

Using data from the 2005 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), this research brief from Child Trends, identifies three elements of elementary school environments - strong principal leadership, high academic standards, and frequent teacher meetings to plan instruction - associated with higher third grade math and reading scores.

The first years of life are a critical time for development of the foundational skills and competencies that children will need for success in school and in life.

From the Council on Foundations’ RE:Philanthropy blog.