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Excellent video from The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center. It illustrates how early language and literacy development contributes to a child’s success throughout life. Window to the World: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development

Early care and education can prepare children for school, but while some preschool and child care programs do an excellent job, others are inadequate and some may even harm healthy development. This study focuses on child care center directors...

What does research tell us about effective professional development of early childhood educators? According to a literature review prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, not as much as we would like. The authors of the report found that...

Smart Start on the Radio: Listen now! RALEIGH, N.C. - As thousands of children across North Carolina start kindergarten this month and more children are attending pre-school every year, will some kids be too smart for kindergarten, already know too...

The American Prospect recently published a 22-page special report on early childhood literacy entitled “Reading by Grade Three.” It is an in-depth examination of the challenges policymakers, advocates, parents, and teachers face in ensuring that every young child in...

Research confirms that supporting children's early literacy development is a critical to their future reading success. A new resource challenges state and local policymakers to use such research findings to promote an early literacy agenda that can help everyone...

Some children come to school knowing far fewer words than others. Researchers have found that even by age three, the gap is evident. Children from families with low incomes had 600 fewer words than their peers from families with...

Have you voted?! You can increase funding to provide more college scholarships for early care and school age professionals across the nation! T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® has the opportunity to win $250,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project. Vote now! North Carolina provides...

CLASP has released two fact sheets that look at Early Head Start and Head Start. In 2009, the Early Head Start program served 83,682 children under age 3 and 9,605 pregnant women. Nationally, less than 3 percent of eligible children...

The NC Center for Afterschool Programs will be convening regional summits this fall to bring together those working to support disadvantaged youth with regards to health and wellness, dropout prevention, closing performance gaps, and juvenile crime prevention.  NC CAP hopes the...