Georgia Pilot of a New Family Engagement Early Care and Education Program Assessment Tool
This resource includes a draft report on a recent pilot of a new tool designed to help early care and education programs assess the strengths of their family engagement practices and identify goals and steps to strengthen these practices. The tool covered in the report, The Family Engagement Assessment and Planning Tool (FEAP-T), and a Parent Survey that is part of the tool.
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Informal and Formal Supports May Affect Hispanic Early Educators’ Physical and Mental Well-Being
Report September 13, 2024
This brief, published by National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families, aims to improve our understanding of the well-being of the Hispanic ECE workforce and how ECE programs may play a role in their well-being (or “wellness”).
Reducing Disparities for Latino Children and Families: A National Latino Infant Policy Agenda Provides Solutions
Blog April 10, 2024
BUILD believes that to effectively meet the needs of young children and their families, we must recognize existing disparities, including opportunity and achievement gaps. Therefore, we see the urgent need to support policy solutions to better serve Latino infants, toddlers, and families.
Operationalizing High-Quality Dual Language Programming: From the Early Years to the Early Grades
Report April 9, 2024
The aim of this brief, from Children's Equity Project and The Century Foundation, is to operationalize what high quality dual language immersion looks like for infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and students in Kindergarten through second grade. The brief provides an overview important context and core concepts foundational for this work, including a description of emergent bilinguals in the United States, a strength-based approaches to bilingualism, a historical account of bilingual education, and a description of how DLI education is part of a broader, equitable child serving system.