Early Childhood Education

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Early childhood education

Isabel V. Sawhill and Morgan Welch

Monday, May 22, 2023

A girl holds her chalkboard as she arrives to attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

How Sierra Leone is getting more girls into STEM

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs Bill 188, establishing the smell of green chile roasting as the state aroma, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Monte Vista Elementary. The elementary students came up with the idea for the bill.Grisham Signs Bill 188

New Mexico’s early childhood education amendment is a model for economic mobility other states should consider

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Carly Bennett

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Co-owner Jacqueline Fordham, 59, center, plays with Corron O., 1, and 11-month-old Brandon H., at Cribs2College Academy child care center in Detroit on April 5, 2023.Preschool Mental Health3 1

Building a professional early childhood workforce requires a “compensation-first” approach

Daphna Bassok, Laura Bellows, Anna J. Markowitz, and Kate Miller-Bains

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks to students in a classroom during a visit to G.W. Carver High School of Engineering and Science in North Philadelphia, PA, USA on March 15, 2023. Gov. Shapiro urges to pass legislation allowing for funding to recruit more teachers. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

State of the States: Governors and PK-12 education policy 

Rachel M. Perera

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Teachers rally inside the state Capitol on the second day of a teacher walkout to demand higher pay and more funding for education in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

Ways to reform teacher compensation, beyond a $60,000 minimum salary

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas speaks with Gresham Middle principal Donna Parker as they tour the school during the first day of the new semester on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.Kns Kcs Firstday Bp

Survey: What purpose do suspensions serve? Principals don’t seem quite sure

Rachel M. Perera and Melissa Kay Diliberti

Thursday, February 23, 2023

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

Class Notes: The cost of the biological clock, standardized tests, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Thursday, February 23, 2023

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Playful learning creates multigenerational opportunities with intergenerational impacts

Irv Katz and Hailey M. Gibbs

Monday, January 30, 2023

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

Class Notes: ‘Marriageable’ men, teen cyberbullying, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The future of charter schools in the United States

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Students board their school bus in a sub-zero temperature in Minneapolis, January 8, 2014. A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people. According to AccuWeather.com, the extreme cold won't last much longer. The frigid air and "polar vortex" that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION)

What Brown Center scholars will be watching in education policy and politics in 2023

Daphna Bassok, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Katharine Meyer, Rachel M. Perera, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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‘Language ladders’ show promise for introducing multilingual instruction in classrooms

Minha Khan, Ajay Pinjani, and Hina Saleem

Thursday, December 22, 2022

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Why Jonny can’t read: The great disconnect between reading science and policy

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Monday, December 19, 2022

With schools closed due to coronavirus, a girl reaches for a bag of school supplies delivered by volunteers in a low income neighbourhood of Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

State credit enhancement programs promote capital investment in low-income districts

Lang (Kate) Yang

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Students take part in after school programs at the educational nonprofit 826NYC in the back of the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., March 28, 2019. Picture taken March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Family engagement is critical for schools’ COVID-19 recovery efforts

Rachel M. Perera, Ayesha K. Hashim, and Hayley R. Weddle

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Four-year olds Ryan Htut (L) and Justin Hernandez play in a plastic cube at the Frederick, Maryland Head Start facility March 13, 2012. When officials in Frederick County, Maryland voted last year to stop paying for the local Head Start preschool program, they pointed to a nearly $12 million projected budget shortfall as proof that the mostly rural county could no longer afford it. Picture taken March 13, 2012. To match story USA-EDUCATION/HEADSTART REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS)

Equity in mixed-delivery prekindergarten systems requires new investments and new thinking

Christina Weiland, Meghan McCormick, and Allison Friedman-Krauss

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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How can a holistic education policy help bridge the opportunity gap for girls in rural Pakistan?

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Limited family support policies create a powder keg for our nation’s future

Hailey M. Gibbs and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

As Americans head to the polls to vote in the 2022 Midterm Elections, the early voters trickle in during the morning hours at Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy in Alexandria, Virginia, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Let’s educate tomorrow’s voters: Democracy depends on it

Elias Blinkoff, Molly Scott, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Monday, November 21, 2022