Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership for Children

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Early Experiences Shape Brain Architecture and the Skills We Need to Thrive

“The quality of the interactions and experiences that our communities provide for children either strengthens or undermines children’s development,”

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Happy 20th Anniversary Smart Start!
Support for Smart Start – Joan Lombardi
Support for Smart Start – Alliance for Early Success
Support for Smart Start – Scott Hippert

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Smart Start's 20th Anniversary

Join us in celebrating 20 years of Smart Start, the innovative solution created to address the problem of young children entering school unprepared. And that 20 years on, is still a cutting edge system that continues to solve problems and produce results for NC. Visit the anniversary website...

First 2000 Days

A new website highlighting the importance of a child's first 2000 days.Visit www.first2000days.org

Registration Now Open

The National Smart Start Conference is the nation’s largest conference devoted to early education systems and strategies. The conference provides advanced professional development for early education leaders committed to improving the quality of and access to early childhood services for all children ages birth to five. More info...

Engage

There are only 2,000 days from the time a baby is born to when that child begins kindergarten.

During that time, 90% of critical brain development occurs. Learn more at the First 2000 Days website.

Collaborate

Smart Start Learning Community

The Smart Start Learning Community is designed with this simple idea: we all have something to offer, and we all have something to learn.

Donate

Discount Schools will donate 3% of your order to The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., when you use the keycode SMARTSTART!

Conference

Thanks to all our presenters, speakers, attendees and staff for making this year's conference a great success.

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