12 Ideas for Early Education in the 112th Congress
February 25, 2011Lisa GuernseyAs the 112th Congress gets to work, its members face an important opportunity to make lasting changes to public education. With the pending reauthorization of the...
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Revamping the Preparation of Teachers in Pre-K, Kindergarten and the Early Grades March 1, 2011Laura BornfreundThis report highlights problems nationwide with the licensing and preparation of teachers...
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Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades November 8, 2011Lisa Guernsey Susan Ochshorn Identifying good teachers is a high priority in education reform,...
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First Lessons from Illinois April 11, 2012Maggie SevernsDownload a PDF of this paper.English Language Learners are a large and growing population in America’s public school system, but schools often...
View ArticleCounting Kids and Tracking Funds in Pre-K and Kindergarten
Falling Short at the Local Level September 18, 2012Lisa GuernseyAlex HoltClick here to download PDFThis issue brief, produced by the New America Foundation's Early Education Initiative, addresses the...
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What ‘Re-competition’ Means for the Federal Government’s Pre-K Program December 11, 2012Maggie SevernsClick here to download PDFAs research continues to highlight the benefits of early childhood...
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Risks and Opportunities in Using Student Achievement Data to Evaluate PreK-3rd Grade Teachers May 15, 2013Laura BornfreundWhat is the best way to use data to measure teacher impact on student...
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Early Education in America since the Great Recession January 21, 2014Lisa GuernseyLaura BornfreundClare McCannConor WilliamsClick here to view PDF Five years ago, the United States was in the thick of...
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February 24, 2014 CJ Libassi Read the report... Though recently much attention has been given to the importance of early childhood education, one stubborn shortcoming of education in the early grades...
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March 26, 2014Lisa GuernseyRead the report here. The young children of today will soon grow into the middle-schoolers of the next decade, the high school graduates of the late 2020s, and the citizens...
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