She earned a M.A. in International Educational Development (IED) with a minor in
Early Childhood Policy from Columbia University's Teachers College, and received a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Not exact matches
Aimed at an international audience of practitioners and policymakers, it tackles contemporary themes in
early childhood, with contributions
from both foundation - supported projects and outside experts drawn
from the fields of practice,
policy, and academia.
Building on the seminal findings
from the Adverse
Early Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Childrens Trust Fund have examined ways to translate this knowledge into
policy and practice.
Education
policy, including curricula changes, now promotes learning for sustainable development in many countries —
from early childhood learning through to private sector training.
There are several
policies (proposed, underway, or in place) by the Obama administration that broaden the focus on reading and academic development, increasing attention to knowledge building and language growth,
from early childhood through adolescence — and those expansive
policies may be especially beneficial for EL learners.
Our core strategy is to mobilize advances in scientific knowledge to inform the design and implementation of a dynamic framework for a new era in
early childhood policy and practice that embraces creativity, invites experimentation, and learns
from failure.
Heckman's generalizations are to present public childcare
policies, but his data are
from the Abecedarian project, an intensive birth - to - five
early childhood intervention program delivered to roughly 50 children who were judged at birth to be at risk of mental retardation.
Third, I want to use my research to inform
policy around
early childhood and
early intervention programs so that schools become more equitable and accessible for students
from their first years of education.
Thoughtful and effective
policies for developing a professional workforce will have to include a mix of incentives for pre-K teachers that may be different
from those designed for teachers in K — 12; provide training that is focused on classroom practices and the specific challenges of teaching young children; and improve the alignment of
early childhood education with K — 12.
This video summarizes findings
from The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in
Early Childhood, a report co-authored by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on
Early Childhood Policy and Programs.
Early Childhood Educators: The Zaentz Professional Learning Academy is designed to support the learning and development of early education leaders at all levels and in all settings in the mixed - delivery system — those influencing practice and policy from the schoolhouse to the state h
Early Childhood Educators: The Zaentz Professional Learning Academy is designed to support the learning and development of
early education leaders at all levels and in all settings in the mixed - delivery system — those influencing practice and policy from the schoolhouse to the state h
early education leaders at all levels and in all settings in the mixed - delivery system — those influencing practice and
policy from the schoolhouse to the state house.
A new study
from Harvard University could substantially transform our understanding of what works in
early childhood education in the United States, creating clearer avenues to bring effective practices and
policies to scale.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan kicked off the meeting with a group that included national and regional education advocates, lobbyists, and others looking for
policy updates, by saying the department still hopes to get $ 300 million
from Congress for a new
early -
childhood education initiative.
Splitting its operation and
policy - making off
from early -
childhood and postsecondary education is obvious folly.
http://www.ncld.org The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child Established in 2003, the National Scientific Council is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of scientists and scholars
from universities across the United States and Canada designed to bring the science of
early childhood and
early brain development to bear on public
policy decision - making.
Teaching and Learning Project (BUILD CEELO) brings together selected state leaders and national experts to strengthen
policy that promotes effective
early childhood teaching and learning for each and every child
from birth through third grade.
The webinar focuses on the Center's goals for the next two years; how CEELO will be supporting state
early childhood goals in upcoming month; highlights signature projects building leadership and organizational capacity, birth to third grade data and
policy, and financing and sustaining high - quality
early learning programs; and, hallmarks state leaders
from AZ, IL, KY, and NE discussing with their work with CEELO.
Policy Analysis for California Education is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University that seeks to define and sustain a long - term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and tra
Policy Analysis for California Education is an independent, non-partisan research center based at the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University that seeks to define and sustain a long - term strategy for comprehensive
policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and tra
policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system,
from early childhood to post-secondary education and training.
Early Childhood Teacher Education Policies: Research Review and State Trends reviews key findings from a recent policy report by the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes which reviews published research on early childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising pract
Early Childhood Teacher Education Policies: Research Review and State Trends reviews key findings from a recent policy report by the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes which reviews published research on early childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising p
Childhood Teacher Education
Policies: Research Review and State Trends reviews key findings
from a recent
policy report by the Center on Enhancing
Early Learning Outcomes which reviews published research on early childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising pract
Early Learning Outcomes which reviews published research on
early childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising pract
early childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising p
childhood (ECE) workforce education and credentials as well as on the current status of ECE wages, recruitment and retention challenges, and promising practices.
We needed greater commitment
from policy makers to make the critical investments necessary, as well as greater commitment
from communities to find new ways to deliver the highest quality
early childhood programs.
Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing
policies — including
policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources
from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.
Impact of North Carolina's
Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School presents findings from an evaluation of North Carolina's Smart Start and More at Four early childhood prog
Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School presents findings from an evaluation of North Carolina's Smart Start and More at Four early childhood
Childhood Programs and
Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School presents findings
from an evaluation of North Carolina's Smart Start and More at Four
early childhood prog
early childhood childhood programs.
From neurons to King County neighborhoods: partnering to promote
policies based on the science of
early childhood development.
A short overview of the research on the growing dual - language learner population and its implications for
policy and practice, with a focus on language and literacy development,
early childhood classroom practices, and alignment between
early childhood and the later grades —
from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
The Academy is comprised of a diverse cadre of prominent leaders
from virtually every primary sector of the education community: parents, teachers, principals, superintendents, state departments of education, school boards, PTA organizations,
policy wonks,
early childhood professionals, advocates, deans and professors at education schools, education columnists, afterschool programs, researchers, school nurses, school facilities managers, philanthropists, visionaries, and pioneers.
Menzel chaired the MAISA
Early Childhood Committee
from 2009 - 2016, and was on the MASA / MAISA Government Relations and
Policy Committee for several years.
She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability
policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective
policy solutions that are far
from test - based accountability and «school choice»
policies: social services for poor families,
early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains
from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.
The agenda included a diverse range of speakers, topics, and site visits, plus presentations
from teachers, scientists,
policy experts, and researchers who talked about topics such as
early childhood, arts, and STEM.
Comprehensive research on what parents want
from early childhood education provides valuable insight on how to align public
policies with public expectations.
Another recent report (January 2014) that helps summarize the research is
from the Washington State Institute for Public
Policy:
Early Childhood Education for Low - Income Students: A Review of the Evidence and Benefit - Cost Analysis.
This study
from the Century Foundation is a two - part study, including «background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the national landscape of
early childhood policy, outlines the main features of New York City's current UPK expansion efforts, and draws lessons for other cities and states interested in expanding their programs,» and «an in - depth look at the issue of preschool classroom diversity in UPK, highlighting the opportunities and obstacles for integration embedded in current
policies and recommending
policy changes to address this issue in New York City and beyond.»
in International Education
Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.S. in Human Development and
Early Childhood Education
from Wheelock College.
The National Center on
Early Childhood Quality Assurance (NCECQA Center) is excited to offer a webinar titled High - Quality
Early Learning for Dual - Language Learners: Moving
from Research to
Policy to Practice.
In 2017, we conducted over 30 training sessions in 16 states on topics ranging
from federal and state
policy, McKinney - Vento and ESSA implementation, immigrant students, higher education, and
early childhood programs.
«The potential economic returns
from such health benefits are substantial but have not always been included in benefit - cost analyses or in
policy debates regarding public investments in
early childhood development programs.»
This
policy statement builds on previous
policies related to child health equity, 26 housing insecurity, 27 and
early childhood adversity.3 The accompanying technical report
from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), «Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States,» 28 supports this statement by describing current knowledge on
childhood poverty and the mechanisms by which poverty influences the health and well - being of children.
This article is adapted by Eliza Metcalfe
from the Centre for Community Child Health's
Policy Brief: Assessing the quality of
early childhood education and care
The effects of welfare
policies — particularly those with more generous earnings supplements — were most pronounced during two developmental transition periods: positive effects were found for children going
from preschool into middle
childhood, and negative effects were found for children making the transition out of middle
childhood and into
early adolescence.
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The Shared Framework was developed by the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada, Canadian Child Care Federation, Childcare Research and Resource Unit, and Campaign 2000) with significant input
from indigenous representatives,
policy researchers,
early childhood educators and many others, and is addressed to all levels of government across Canada.
From Project Thrive (Issue Brief No. 2), Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children Toward a Responsive
Early Childhood Policy Framework by Jane Knitzer, Suzanne Theberge, and Kay Johnson (January 2008) is an article on maternal depression and its impact on young children's healthy development and school readiness.
Moderate - income families are typically ineligible for these publicly funded programs, but at the same time, such families struggle to afford the high cost of care in the private sector.19 This leaves parents facing a series of difficult choices, including prioritizing child care expenses over other household necessities; settling for low - quality child care that fits their budget; patching together multiple informal care options; or leaving the workforce altogether.20 To ensure that all children can realize the gains that come
from attending high - quality
early childhood programs,
policy solutions need to focus on improving program supports and creating funding strategies that will increase access to high - quality programs for children
from all backgrounds.
Building on an ecological model that explains multiple levels of influence on psychological development, 16 and a recently proposed biodevelopmental framework that offers an integrated, science - based approach to coordinated,
early childhood policy making and practice across sectors, 17 this technical report presents an EBD framework that draws on a recent report
from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University to help physicians and
policy makers think about how
early childhood adversity can lead to lifelong impairments in learning, behavior, and both physical and mental health.1, 6
Hot off the press
from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this joint
policy statement indicates that all young children with disabilities should have access to inclusive high - quality
early childhood programs, where they are provided with individualized and appropriate support in meeting high expectations.
Aligning
early childhood programs to create a seamless trajectory of high - quality, well - funded child care, Head Start, and preschool programs for children
from birth to age 5 should be a federal and state
policy goal.
A Framework for Choosing a State - Level
Early Childhood Governance System (PDF - 574 KB) Regenstein & Lipper (2013) BUILD Initiative Provides State policy leaders with a framework to consider and assess early childhood governance options that examine current State practices for oversight of policies and programs related to children from birth to age
Early Childhood Governance System (PDF - 574 KB) Regenstein & Lipper (2013) BUILD Initiative Provides State policy leaders with a framework to consider and assess early childhood governance options that examine current State practices for oversight of policies and programs related to children from birth to
Childhood Governance System (PDF - 574 KB) Regenstein & Lipper (2013) BUILD Initiative Provides State
policy leaders with a framework to consider and assess
early childhood governance options that examine current State practices for oversight of policies and programs related to children from birth to age
early childhood governance options that examine current State practices for oversight of policies and programs related to children from birth to
childhood governance options that examine current State practices for oversight of
policies and programs related to children
from birth to age five.
The recommended
policies and practices are based on the most important research for eliminating suspensions and expulsions in
early childhood settings and were developed with guidance
from a panel of national experts.
Since 2003, we've successfully advocated for groundbreaking
early childhood policies,
from creating transitional kindergarten to securing the funding necessary to improve
early learning programs.
The Center for Learning & Development conducts research and evaluations to improve
policies and programs for children, youth, and families —
from community services and school partnerships to statewide
early childhood programs and federal special education and disability
policies.
Source: Herr Research Center for Children and Social
Policy at Erison Institute This brief summarizes findings
from a comparison of
Early Childhood Mental Health competency systems across six states.