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Starting Early With English Language Learners

How and why Illinois is taking a different approach.
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Watching Teachers Work

Identifying good teachers is a high priority in education reform. The teacher observation tools discussed in our newest policy paper can help.
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Early Learning in ESEA

Will this be the year for the long overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the law known for many years as No Child Left Behind?

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Early Ed Watch Podcasts

Over 20 podcasts from the Early Education Initiative that feature in-depth conversations with education experts.

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Race to the Top 2011

Will the 'Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge,' a new $500 million grant competition, trigger big changes in early learning? Which states have what it takes to win? We're watching every step of the way.
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Latest Blog Posts

Laura Bornfreund
Monday, May 14, 2012
More than 80 percent of elementary school teachers, grades 3 through 5, report that they are spending more learning time on math or language arts at the expense of other subjects. This is one of the most disconcerting findings from a recent survey of 1,000 3rd through 12th grade public school...
Maggie Severns
Monday, May 14, 2012
Two years ago, the federal government began distributing $3 billion in stimulus funds to some of the nation's lowest performing schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. With SIG funds, states are expected to rapidly transform schools according to program guidelines put out by...
Laura Bornfreund
Thursday, May 10, 2012
This week the National League of Cities (NLC) released a set of case studies on five cities that are trying to create a seamless educational pipeline for children from birth through third grade: Boston, Hartford, San Antonio, San José and Seattle. The preK-3rd efforts in these cities are led by...
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Our forum on LinkedIn is a space for school district leaders, early childhood educators, policymakers and other interested parties to discuss their struggles, questions and achievements in creating a “before birth and up through third grade” system. It grew out of an event held at the New America Foundation on March 2, 2011.

Click here to visit the forum.

Early Education Initiative Staff

Laura Bornfreund
Senior Policy Analyst, Early Education Initiative

Laura Bornfreund is a senior policy analyst for New America's Early...

David Gray
Director, Workforce and Family Program

Dr. David Gray has directed the New America Foundation's Workforce and...

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Director, Early Education Initiative

As director of the Early Education Initiative, Ms. Guernsey focuses on how...

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Program Associate, Education Policy Program

Clare McCann is a program associate with the Education Policy Program at the...

Maggie Severns
Policy Analyst, Education Policy Program

Maggie Severns is a policy analyst for New America’s Education Policy...

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The Early Education Initiative seeks to promote a high-quality and continuous system of early care and education for all children, birth to age 8. Much of our focus is on pre-K up through 3rd grade.

Our work is made possible through generous grants from the Foundation for Child Development and the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation.

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