PreK-3rd

A Framework That Works: Why PreK-3rd is a Smart Strategy for Black Kids, Families and Communities

This report, Building and Supporting an Aligned System: A Vision for Transforming Education Across the Pre-K-Grade Three Years, by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Foundation’s Task Force on Early Learning, offers ten recommendations for building an aligned system of early learning for children from age three to eight.

Giving children high-quality PreKindergartenl is the first step in the journey to school success.

PreK-3rd Policy to Action Brief: #6 In 1974, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Lau v. Nichols that 1,800 Chinese-speaking children in the San Francisco public schools were entitled to English-language instruction or other support to help them understand what was happening in their classrooms.

The brief, Many Missing Pieces: The Difficult Task of Linking Early Childhood Data and School-Based Data Systems, urges states to take steps to gather and integrate information from the full array of early childhood programs such as Head Start, childcare, and a fuller range of social services.

This Annual Report features an excerpt from an article by education writer Gene Maeroff, that focuses on universal Prekindergarten (UPK). Maeroff discusses the importance of UPK as part of an essential educational experience for all children.

Arthur Reynolds, Katherine Magnuson, and Suh-Ruu Ou synthesize evidence on the contribution of PK-3 programs and practices to children’s school success.