The news coming out of early education has been disheartening of late. Many of our colleagues have had to close their centers and home based-care programs—and many don’t know if they’ll ever be able to reopen. Still, there are some grounds for hope.
Recently, the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development & Social Policy at Yale University released an encouraging study. The research found that child care is not associated with the spread of the coronavirus when programs follow safety precautions. This is a bright spot for us, since we know that early educators have been called on in this unique time to fill a critical need for parents who must return to work.
Early childhood education is finally getting its time in the spotlight. It’s great to see more and more funding going into programs that will make a difference for thousands of young children and their families....
Early childhood education (ECE) is in the spotlight as never before. Being in the limelight, however, has highlighted the field’s fragmentation and the variability in the quality of children’s formal early learning experiences. This reality...
How would you like to find out about the life of an exceptional educator and the leader of the Council for Professional Recognition? This post recognizes our CEO, Dr. Valora Washington, who has been in...
Welcome to the Council and thank you for checking out our new blog. It is with great excitement that the Council takes the first step in the world of blogging to communicate with all of...
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