Early Learning Network research supports prioritizing instruction in both foundational skills and complex skills to promote lasting pre-K gains. Early Learning Network (ELN) teams recently released a set of briefs focused on four impact areas — factors open to change or improvement — that have potential...
What does the Early Learning Network’s research tell us about how to support children’s early learning success? A new series of briefs outline the network’s collective findings and contributions to the field of early childhood education. Discover impact areas, key takeaways and action steps for practice,...
Research by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill team sheds light on factors that influence American states to adopt publicly-funded prekindergarten (pre-K). The historical analysis found legislative partisanship, legislative professionalism and unemployment are key predictors in a state’s decision to support public pre-K...
Today, nearly 5 million children attend a formal prekindergarten (pre-K) program in the United States. The Biden administration’s recent proposal to invest $200 billion to provide universal pre-K to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the country highlights the critical need to ensure that children, especially...
New paper by the Early Learning Network's University of Virginia team examines end of kindergarten outcomes of pre-K graduates and their non-attending peers....
Early Learning Network teams have identified some best practices to promote skill building — both in the classroom and at the policy level — that will help children maintain the pre-K boost in the early elementary grades and beyond....
When children have access to high-quality pre-K programs, particularly those who face disadvantages or have diverse backgrounds, the experiences and learning opportunities they are exposed to may “boost” their learning and development as they enter school — and have a lasting impact on their success....
To date, little is known about the differences in children’s experiences in public preschool based on setting — or auspice — nor the implications for later learning and how to adjust particular preschool models across auspices. Discover why we’re working to better understand this cross-cutting theme...
Early Learning Network research sheds light on children’s experiences in today’s pre-K classrooms, the implications for practice and policy, and how these programs can be shaped to place all children on a path for long-term success....
Principal Investigator Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia urges us not to lose sight of an important truth that is central to ELN's nationwide research efforts: school benefits are cumulative....