States’ Growing Commitment to Preventing Young Children’s Expulsion from Early Care and Education Programs: RESULTS OF A 50-STATE POLICY SURVEY
This report examines features of states’ expulsion and suspension prevention policies, based on survey responses and interviews with selected states. The results point to the widespread efforts states are making to develop and implement expulsion prevention policies. Features of policies are varied, and include supports for programs (e.g., professional development, early childhood mental health consultation), requirements for data collection, and changes in program standards and work conditions. Many policies have explicit goals for reducing disparities in exclusionary practices related to race and disability. Promising approaches in five states are highlighted. The brief makes several recommendations for designing expulsion and suspension policies with features that can help ensure strong implementation that significantly reduces exclusionary practices and the racial disparities found in these practices.
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Archived Webinar June 29, 2022
This recording is from the Home-Based Child Care webinar, Supporting HBCC Educators Whose Primary Language is other than English: Moving Towards Language Justice.
Supporting HBCC Educators Whose Primary Language is Other than English: Moving Towards Language Justice
Slide Deck June 29, 2022
This slide deck was shared during the Home-Based Child Care webinar, Supporting HBCC Educators Whose Primary Language is other than English: Moving Towards Language Justice.
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