Early Childhood Education

Report

Understanding child-friendly urban design

Helen Shwe Hadani, Jennifer S. Vey, Shwetha Parvathy, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Education Plus Development

Invest in programs that boost children’s learning and development

Robert Pianta, Jessica Whittaker, Virginia Vitiello, and Arya Ansari

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Education Plus Development

Supporting families supports the economy: Social nets are economic foundations

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Peg Burchinal

Monday, September 27, 2021

Jenny Doss, an early childhood special education teacher at Ben Franklin Elementary School, works with her K-5 class at the school in Menomonee Falls on June 8. Doss is speaking out against Republican lawmakers' spending proposal, which only calls for a slight boost in special education funding.MJS-special education funding00p1

Podcast Episode

Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19

Jon Valant, Miriam Calderon, Jenna Conway, and Christina Weiland

Friday, September 3, 2021

Reports

Report

Increasing federal investment in children’s early care and education to raise quality, access, and affordability

Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Report

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Nigeria

Adefunke Ekine

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Policy 2020

A new path to education reform: Playful learning promotes 21st-century skills in schools and beyond

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Helen Shwe Hadani, Elias Blinkoff, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Report

Scaling playful learning: How cities can reimagine public spaces to support children and families

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Friday, September 4, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Blog Posts

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Up Front

Class Notes: Early childhood education’s effects, the Black unemployment rate, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Monday, July 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Students raise their hands to answer a question at Kratzer Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Brown Center Chalkboard

6 priorities for future research into COVID-19 and its effects on early learning

Christina Weiland, Erica Greenberg, Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Paola Guerrero Rosada, and Grace Luetmer

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The Avenue

How resident-led advocacy in Rochester, N.Y. is creating a more playful city

Jenn Beideman

Thursday, June 10, 2021

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Events

2021

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The future of early childhood education after COVID-19

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Protecting and elevating early years programming during and after COVID-19: Tools to support adequate, equitable, and efficient investments

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Re-emerging from COVID-19: Why children and cities need play now more than ever

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Online only

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Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

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Helen Shwe Hadani

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

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Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Multimedia

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant and paraprofessional Emily Lichtenstein (L) meet their incoming students and parents remotely before the first day of classes in the new school year at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. Bryant will begin the school year teaching classes virtually from her classroom because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Podcast Episode

Playful learning: A new path to education reform

Helen Shwe Hadani, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 4, 2020

Adults and children play with Lego bricks during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Lego brick, at Lego House in Billund, Denmark January 28, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Michael Drost-Hansen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC142CA74E00

Podcast Episode

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

School girls wearing pink turbans wave during celebrations to mark International Day of the Girl Child 2018, at a school in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ajay Verma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1336C3B510

Podcast Episode

Echidna Global Scholars: Four leaders in girls’ education share their stories and policy ideas

Christina Kwauk and Fred Dews

Friday, December 7, 2018

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Reports

The future of early childhood education after COVID-19

Protecting and elevating early years programming during and after COVID-19: Tools to support adequate, equitable, and efficient investments

Re-emerging from COVID-19: Why children and cities need play now more than ever

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Teacher diversity and student success: Why racial representation matters in the classroom