Oft-Overlooked Threads Woven into ECE’s Thorny Knot

by Laura Bornfreund June 29, 2018January 9, 2022

To facilitate interaction among ideas presented in Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators, Series Editor Stacie G. Goffin offers opening comments. For readers new to the Series, her introduction explains the series’ intent. Laura Bornfreund was asked to review the series’ most recent five blogs and identify emerging themes along with their policy implications. She lifts up three issues […]

Education, K-12

Let’s Be Honest: It’s About Sexism, Classism, and Racism

by Maurice Sykes June 13, 2018January 9, 2022

To facilitate interaction among ideas presented in Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators, Series Editor Stacie G. Goffin offers opening comments. For readers new to the Series, her introduction explains the series’ intent. Maurice Sykes urges us to delve deeper to understand why the issues of preparation and education, compensation and status, and […]

Education, K-12

Extracting Success in Pre-K Teaching

by Abbie Lieberman April 30, 2018January 9, 2022

High-quality teachers are an essential component of an effective pre-K program. After all, young children’s learning depends on the quality of interactions they have and the relationships they form with adults. While there is much debate in the early education field right now about teacher qualifications and preparation requirements, there has been less discussion on […]

Education, K-12

New Study Brings Insight into Parental Choices in Early Education

by Aaron Loewenberg April 10, 2018January 9, 2022

Over the past several decades, the number of young children enrolled in formal, center-based early childhood education, which can include Head Start, state-funded pre-K, and private child care programs, has grown dramatically. For example, while only 23 percent of four-year-olds were enrolled in formal early learning programs in 1968, that number increased to 65 percent […]

Education, K-12