Early Childhood Education

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How can we implement education for climate action and climate justice?

Christina Kwauk

Monday, January 11, 2021

Education Plus Development

COVID-19 sparks an overdue discussion on education reform: An optimistic vision

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

Monday, January 4, 2021

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Class Notes: Depression and fatherhood, personal income growth, and more

Ember Smith, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Education Plus Development

2020: A year of turmoil but also hope in education

Emiliana Vegas and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Reports

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

Report

Philadelphia Playful Learning Landscapes

Jenny Perlman Robinson

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Blog Posts

Education Plus Development

Pre-primary education around the world: How can we provide quality universal early education for all?

Helen Shwe Hadani

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Stories in the Stacks with Summer: Preschool kids, with their grownups, are invited to join for an hour of storytime, crafts and music, 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, March 5, Keizer Community Library, 980 Chemawa Road NE. Free. https://bit.ly/2TkCO1h.8639940a178c4f6899bc119b19674b30

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COVID-19 highlights inequities in how we treat early educators in child care vs. schools

Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, and Molly Michie

Friday, October 23, 2020

Brown Center Chalkboard

Ending corporal punishment of preschool-age children

Marie Falcone, Diana Quintero, and Jon Valant

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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Events

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Past Policy 2020 Event

Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Playful Learning Landscapes: At the intersection of education and placemaking

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Girls' education research and policy symposium

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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2012

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Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

@daphnabassok

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

@HelenSHadani

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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

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The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

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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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Early Childhood Education

How can we implement education for climate action and climate justice?

COVID-19 sparks an overdue discussion on education reform: An optimistic vision

Class Notes: Depression and fatherhood, personal income growth, and more

2020: A year of turmoil but also hope in education

Reports

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Nigeria

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

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

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

Philadelphia Playful Learning Landscapes

Blog Posts

Pre-primary education around the world: How can we provide quality universal early education for all?

COVID-19 highlights inequities in how we treat early educators in child care vs. schools

Ending corporal punishment of preschool-age children

Events

Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

Playful Learning Landscapes: At the intersection of education and placemaking

Girls' education research and policy symposium

Related Books

Policies to Address Poverty in America

Investing in Children

Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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

Multimedia

Playful learning: A new path to education reform

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

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

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