Early Childhood Education

A customer looks at toys at the JoueClub Contesso shop in Nice, France, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard - RC128A7F13C0

Education Plus Development

The science of toys: A guide for the perplexed shopper

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Jennifer M. Zosh, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, December 10, 2018

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

Report

Pathways for gender equality through early childhood teacher policy in China

Jin Chi

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A child walks on a swinging bridge at a kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei province, December 3, 2012. Expectations are now high that China could relax the one-child policy, or even implement a universal two-child policy such as the one in Jiuquan. Outgoing President Hu Jintao, for the first time, conspicuously dropped the phrase "maintain a low birth rate" in his work report to the Chinese Communist Party's twice a decade congress in November. That foreshadows a change to the one-child ethos, according to Ji Baocheng, a delegate to China's rubber stamp parliament who has petitioned five times for a change in the policy. Picture taken December 3, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY EDUCATION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E91M0E8Y01

Education Plus Development

The importance of gender in early childhood education policy

Jin Chi

Monday, November 5, 2018

Reports

A student writes down in her note book on the first day of school in Managua February 11, 2013. Around 1.6 million students are expected to start their new academic year, according to the Ministry of Education of Nicaragua. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA - Tags: EDUCATION) - GM1E92C0D4D01

Report

Use of data from 21st century skills assessments: Issues and key principles

Alvin Vista, Helyn Kim, and Esther Care

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Report

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Anna D. Johnson, Deborah A. Phillips, and Owen Schochet

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Four-year old Tom (R) and his six-year old sister Lisa from Offenbach show Serbian refugee Dragan (2nd L) and his sister Tamara (L) how to play on the climbing frame at a refugee camp in Hanau, Germany, August 18, 2015. Tom and Lisa learned from her mother that a lot of refugees come to Germany and most of them, especially the children, don't have much clothes or toys to play with. The two German youngsters than decided to visit the refugee camp to donate from their own wardrobe and toys and "make friends" with the kids from abroad. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach - GF10000175689

Report

Learning Landscapes: Can urban planning and the learning sciences work together to help children?

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Susan Magsamen, Jenny Perlman Robinson, and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at a middle school in San Diego, California March 7, 2011. San Diego's Healthy Works Project received the country's largest grant, 16 million dollars, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 to help combat wellness and the obesity epidemic. Picture taken March 7, 2011. To match Special Report USA-FOODLOBBY/ REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E84R1FJZ01

Education

A promising alternative to subsidized lunch receipt as a measure of student poverty

Matthew M. Chingos

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Teacher Jenna Rosenberg speaks to her first grade class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2013. According to officials in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, possible consequences of impending across-the-board U.S. government budget cuts, Illinois will lose approximately $33.4 million in education, putting around 460 teacher and aide jobs at risk that would receive funding. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9320AA101

Early Childhood Education

Accountability for early education–a different approach and some positive signs

Susanna Loeb

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Blog Posts

Pupils leave the village school in Tsagaannuur, Khovsgol aimag, Mongolia, April 23, 2018. People who are between 35-40 years old, belong to the last generation that speak the Dukhan language, linguist Elisabetta Ragagnin said. Together with the head teacher of the school in Tsagaannuur, she is writing grammar and textbooks in the nomad's native tongue to help preserve traditional knowledge, she said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "REINDEER HERDERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC13671A99A0

Education Plus Development

Collaborative capacity building in 21st century skills assessment: Reflections from Mongolia

Esther Care, Alvin Vista, Helyn Kim, and Claire Scoular

Friday, October 19, 2018

Children play with soap bubbles created by a street performer at Rizal park in Luneta, metro Manila, Philippines May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19387EB200

Education Plus Development

A prescription for play

Michael Yogman and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

A girl plays at a Lego store in Beijing, China January 13, 2018. Picture taken January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1E40F51250

Education Plus Development

Why a gender perspective is important for early childhood educators in China

Jin Chi

Monday, August 13, 2018

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Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | No free lunch: Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

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Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

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Children attend classes at a school in San Cristobal, Venezuela February 20, 2018. Picture taken February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez - RC1F51D68850

Education in Developing Nations

Remaking education to help young people thrive

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, May 25, 2018

Podcast Episode

Transforming public spaces with learning landscapes

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Jennifer S. Vey, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

A high school student tests a "Quipus" laptop during a presentation ceremony in El Alto, July 31, 2014. Some 15,000 public school students received the laptops, assembled by Bolivian state-run company Quipus, during the ceremony. According to local media, El Alto schools will receive a total of some 140,000 laptops this year as part of a government initiative to provide final-year high school students with access to a new laptop, aiming to incorporate the use of new technology in educational institutions. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR40UBC

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Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens

Esther Care, Sean Slade, Ramya Vivekanandan, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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Early Childhood Education

The science of toys: A guide for the perplexed shopper

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

Pathways for gender equality through early childhood teacher policy in China

The importance of gender in early childhood education policy

Reports

Use of data from 21st century skills assessments: Issues and key principles

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Learning Landscapes: Can urban planning and the learning sciences work together to help children?

A promising alternative to subsidized lunch receipt as a measure of student poverty

Accountability for early education–a different approach and some positive signs

Blog Posts

Collaborative capacity building in 21st century skills assessment: Reflections from Mongolia

A prescription for play

Why a gender perspective is important for early childhood educators in China

Events

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

Development Seminar | No free lunch: Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

Related Books

Policies to Address Poverty in America

Investing in Children

Multimedia

Remaking education to help young people thrive

Transforming public spaces with learning landscapes

Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens

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