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Teachers Need Multifaceted Support to Improve Literacy
To improve literacy, states should invest in comprehensive supports for teachers to equip them to deliver high-quality, evidence-based instruction.Georgia and Massachusetts Advance Dyslexia Screening and Intervention
State boards can advocate for more young children to be screened for dyslexia and ensure that identified students receive effective interventions, as those in Massachusetts and Georgia have done.Michigan Adds Certificate for Birth to Kindergarten Teachers
A detail of how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.Start Strong: Supporting Early Childhood Education through Policy
State boards of education can leverage their existing authority to ensure that all early learners have access to a quality education. This report is a product of a workgroup NASBE convened on early childhood education.State Boards and the Governance of Early Childhood Education
As states seek to bring coherence to the disparate systems that have a hand in early education and care, state boards have key roles to play.Stepping Up for Early Childhood Education
The impact of early childhood education is undeniable. Yet access to high-quality early education across the country remains uneven, and many children still enter elementary school unprepared.Newest Issue of the Standard Considers Preschool for All
Authors in the latest issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard document how states have expanded access to quality early education, the research that supports these efforts, and the growing pains these initiatives are likely to experience.
read moreIllinois's Bold Bid to Expand Preschool Access to All
Through the Smart Start Illinois initiative, Illinois is expanding access to preschool, increasing funding to child care providers to raise wages and quality, and reaching more vulnerable families with early support.
read moreExpanding Access to Quality Early Childhood Education in Arkansas
The state’s LEARNS Act creates the roadmap for a unified system, and the state board has a key role to play.
read moreState Strategies for Improving Young Children's Math Skills
Early math instruction is as important to young learners' futures as literacy. It's time for math to get the same level of attention.
read moreAn Economic Perspective on Preschool for All
Is “preschool for all” the best way to extend access to preschool to the children who need it most?
read moreUniversal Pre-K in Tulsa: A Surprising Success
Longitudinal studies of Tulsa’s universal pre-K program reveal benefits to students that persist as they move through elementary and secondary school and on to college.
read moreOpportunities and Challenges for Preschool Expansion
As states adopt a bigger role in preschool, state leaders need to be ready to steer through tough questions of quality, access, funding, and continuous improvement.
read moreCalifornia's Transitional Kindergarten: Lessons Learned
States can learn from California's statewide launch of transitional kindergarten, which has impacts on other ECE providers, workforce preparation and compensation, professional development, funding, and program evaluation, as well as implications for system governance.
read morePreschool for All
The state role in early education keeps growing. This Standard details the ways that states have expanded access to quality preschool, the research that supports these efforts, and the growing pains these initiatives are likely to experience.
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