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Early Education Essentials: Illustrations of Strong Organizational Practices in Programs Poised for Improvement

Research December 1, 2018

This paper begins with a high-level contrast of programs with strong and weak essential supports, presented through leader, teacher, and parent perceptions and experiences of their ECE programs and researcher observations. Then for each essential, we describe the organizational structures and practices present in programs with strong essential supports and provide a table highlighting key differences in those structures and practices when the essentials are strong versus weak. We close with suggestions for ongoing discussion of implications of these findings and of the Early Education Essentials surveys for improving the performance of ECE at scale.

Funding Announcement

Government Document November 1, 2018

In summary, the PDG B-5 grants will support States in their efforts to analyze the current landscape of their ECE mixed delivery system and implement changes to the system that maximize the availability of high-quality early childhood care and education options for lowincome and disadvantaged families across providers and partners, improve the quality of care, streamline administrative infrastructure, and improve State-level early childhood care and education funding efficiencies.

School Readiness Reporting Guide

Report November 1, 2018

This School Readiness Reporting Guide offers an overview of the types of data frequently included in school readiness reports, provides suggestions for including school- and community-level data elements in those reports, and demonstrates how those data can be presented to inform key audiences.

Systems Alignment and Integration Through the Lens of Financing

Archived Meeting Resources October 29, 2018

This slide deck, from BUILD’s 2018 Meeting, Making the Most of It – Birth to Five Preschool Development Grant Meeting, offers a look at systems alignment and integration through the lens of financing. The presentation argues that taking a deep look at how you are financing your systems and how funding streams do and do not work together to fund the level of quality you want must be a primary component of a state’s needs assessment and strategic plan.