Diversifying the Educator Workforce: Learning What Works from Washington State

Blog December 7, 2018

This blog post by Amaya Garcia and featured on the New America website, provides lessons learned from Washington State’s experiences on diversifying the educator workforce. She provides an overview of the biannual conference of the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board on diversifying the educator workforce. Washington is helping lead the way for other states interested in creating multiple pathways into the teaching profession to help address shortages and increase the diversity of the workforce.

The BUILD Initiative 2018 Year in Review

Blog December 1, 2018

City Leaders As Champions For Early Learning

Blog November 1, 2018

Many mayors and city leaders are investing in early childhood, making it a key priority for their cities. This blog highlights some examples.

The Alameda County Emerging Leaders Fellowship: Building A National Model For Racial Equity In Early Care And Education

Blog November 1, 2018

In this blog, two early education leaders reflect on the reasons they created a fellowship for equity leaders who want to increase their knowledge, skills, and understanding of leadership and management relevant to today’s early childhood professional communities.

Writing A Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five Application That Will Continue State Progress Toward Greater System Efficiency, Higher Program Quality, and Improved Child Outcomes

Archived Meeting Resources October 1, 2018

This blog is an excerpt from a new Application Guide, Writing a Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Application that Will Continue State Progress toward Greater System Efficiency, Higher Program Quality, and Improved Child Outcomes.

Promoting Young Chidlren’s Healthy Development in Medicaid and CHIP

Blog October 1, 2018

Medicaid, along with CHIP, serves four out of five young children in poverty. Yet Medicaid can do more to elevate the needs of these children. This paper examines ways for state and federal policymakers to use Medicaid and CHIP to more effectively put young children on the best path for success in school and in life.

Why I Chose Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Care

Blog October 1, 2018

In this blog on the Child Care Aware website, an early care and education leader goes from pondering the possibility of helping her own home-based care provider gain knowledge of early childhood education strategies to facilitating a conversation with national experts on the issues that impact this segment of the child care workforce.

Baby Promise: A Plan To Provide Quality Early Care And Education Opportunities For Oregon’s Infants And Toddlers

Blog August 27, 2018

This blog post discusses the launch of an Oregon pilot program called Baby Promise, made possible by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Funds. Baby Promise is a new initiative that aims to serve communities where there is a dearth of quality, affordable, accessible infant and toddler child care options, particularly for low-income families and other priority populations, such as families experiencing homelessness or those in the child welfare system.

Who’s Caring For Our Babies? New Jersey’s Dire Need To Provide Quality Infant And Toddler Care

Blog August 20, 2018

This blog post outlines New Jersey’s strategy for using Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to advance their infant-toddler agenda concurrent with their preschool expansion goal. Their strategy has two main thrusts: changing the mindset and securing more resources.

If You Love Children…

Blog August 15, 2018

This blog post provides an overview of several sessions from BUILD’s 2018 QRIS National Meeting from the point of view of a Connecticut participant. One of her main take-aways: “If you love children, you must leverage your view, your voice, and your visibility to improve the systems and quality of services for young children and families.