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With funding from Colorado’s PDG B-5 Initiative, the National P-3 Center partnered with Colorado’s Office of Early Childhood and Department of Education to produce a system-focused roadmap to guide transitions to kindergarten. Different from many “transition to K resources,” this report does not provide specific strategies to be enacted by teachers but, instead, provides strategies …

Transitions to Kindergarten in Colorado: A Roadmap Read More »

While the effects of high quality pre-kindergarten are well documented, access remains a challenge. In addition, there are questions about how the geographic location of pre-K classrooms influences children’s enrollment and outcomes.   In 2013-14 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) implemented policy changes to improve access for children and families they have historically underserved. By funding …

Pre-K Access and Success in Elementary School Read More »

The landscape of both PreK and kindergarten has shifted over the past 20 years. The transition to kindergarten has become increasingly important, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic has affected enrollment patterns. How can elementary schools, early care and education (ECE) programs, state agencies, and systems best support transitions in this new context? This brief provides …

Transitions to Kindergarten: Findings from Recent Research Read More »

Across the nation, young students, pre-school through 3rd grade, are experiencing transitions in their learning contexts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “School” may be in-person, at-home, on-line, or a hybrid of these arrangements. The school year likely began in one format and has shifted, once or multiple times, since then.  School districts, elementary schools, and their early care …

Pandemic-Related Transitions: P-3 Contexts Read More »

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) just released a document, Restart and Recovery – Considerations for Teaching and Learning: PreK to 3rd Grade. This resource guide is intended for state and school system leaders to use as they implement reopening plans for young students during the 2020-21 school year. The changing circumstances of the pandemic …

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School-based PreK programs are in a unique situation as they plan for fall 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been extensive focus on child care programs since they were deemed an essential service. While school-based PreK programs have much to learn from the child care sector, they also operate in a different context and …

Districts, School-based PreK, and COVID-19 Guidance Read More »

“More than half of the 74 million children in the United States are children of color, and they are served by learning systems that are gravely inequitable.”  The Children’s Equity Project and the Bipartisan Policy Center just released a report, Start With Equity, that focuses on learning experiences in the early years, birth through age five, …

Equity from the Early Years to the Early Grades Read More »

As states and school districts navigate plans for Fall 2020, we are hosting a series of conversations with education decisionmakers in state education agencies (SEAs) and school districts. We believe better and smarter ideas emerge when colleagues have the space for open discussion and deliberation.  The link below will take you to a summary of …

School-based PreK, Kindergarten, and the Early Grades: Fall Re-Entry Planning in a Pandemic Read More »

This document provides specific guidance related to school districts’ and elementary schools’ supports for at-home learning across the primary grades (PreK-3rd grade). This is not a compilation of e-resources. Rather, this document provides guidance about how to best support at-home learning, focusing on two fundamentals of effective teaching and learning in the early grades: child …

PreK-3rd Grade and At-Home Learning Read More »