The image promotes the NURTURES program benefits, highlighting improvements in student achievement in science and teacher confidence. It features a child engaging in a science activity. The NURTURES logo, depicting a tree with colorful icons, is included. A link to more information is provided: nurturesprogram.com/eir.

NURTURES at the University of Toledo, an award-winning STEM-focused research-based program, is raising the bar on children’s achievement in science, math and reading. Learn more about how we’re partnering with 2nd and 3rd classrooms in Georgia here: nurturesprogram.com/eir/
#Science #EarlyEd

Q&A with Elliot Regenstein About Improving State Early Childhood Systems In a new book, Regenstein provides an insider’s guide to how decisions are made in state early childhood systems and provides ways to strengthen those systems

How do early childhood systems actually work? And how can state-level policymakers strengthen them?

📙 Here, our #EarlyEd team talks with the author of a new book that unpacks all the answers and details why he's "optimistic" for the future.

Early & Elementary Education

If we want a stronger Union, the Union must put its children first.

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Inspiration, community, and action at last week's Head Start Citywide Professional Development Day.

Thank you to all our amazing Head Start teachers and staff!

#HeadStart #EarlyEd #Boston

How do we introduce AI concepts to our youngest learners (K-2)? Pair them with Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)! 🦊🤖 Being a good human & understanding tech go hand-in-hand. Here are 3 ways to connect them: 🧵👇 #AILiteracy #EarlyEd

Tlaib Introduces Bill to Expand Head Start to 11,000,000 Children

Bright futures ahead for millions! ✨ A new bill aims to significantly expand Head Start, bringing vital early education and support to 11 million children nationwide. #HeadStart #EarlyEd #ChildhoodDevelopment

Local action is powerful. Get YOUR MomsRising Town Hall Toolkit! Sign up to receive our town hall toolkit and help ensure our state representatives are representing our values with their votes!

Local action is powerful. Download the MomsRising Town Hall Toolkit and dive in! #WAleg #childcare #earlyed action.momsrising.org/signup/Legis...

Hutto ISD’s Pre‑K program now integrates students with disabilities, giving young learners inclusive early education and support to grow together. 👧🧑‍🤝‍🧑

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#Inclusion #DisabilityAwareness #EarlyEd

Local action is powerful. Get YOUR MomsRising Town Hall Toolkit! Sign up to receive our town hall toolkit and help ensure our state representatives are representing our values with their votes!

Local action is powerful. Download the MomsRising Town Hall Toolkit and dive in! #WAleg #childcare #earlyed action.momsrising.org/signup/Legis...

𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 | 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 | 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵
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𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵.

#wellbeing #leadership #management #EngChat #ELAChat #MathChat #SciChat #ScienceEd #EarlyEd #ElemChat

WA State! Quick & easy action to boost our littlest learners sign in "PRO" for HB 2159: Establishing the Pre-K Promise Account #waleg #earlyed app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add

What Will 2026 Hold for Early Care and Education? Here are a few questions that rise to the top for our team when thinking about the next 12 months in early education

Welcome to a new year!

Here, our #EarlyEd team is already thinking about the next 12 months: how will states adjust their spending in response to tighter budgets and federal cuts? What's the future of Head Start? The future of #SpecialEd?

🔮 Read our predictions (and hopes!) for 2026.

Keeping It Super Simple: The Key to Consistency in Preschool Working together to provide consistency for children in preschool.

New from Debra Pierce: www.bamradionetwork.com/keeping-it-s... #ECE #earlyed

The Trump administration’s biggest impact on education in 2025 It was almost impossible for the average observer to keep track of the Trump administration’s biggest impacts on education in 2025. Here’s what changed across colleges and universities, K-12 schools, ...

A new @hechingerreport.org collection of stories looks at how education changed during the first year of the second Trump administration. hechingerreport.org/how-educatio... Thanks to the many people who labored to put this insightful work together. #education #college #highered #K12 #earlyed

How filmmaker Rob Reiner put early childhood in the limelight Recruiting Hollywood A-listers for help, Reiner paved the way for passage of a tobacco tax to fund programs for California's youngest children — and helped to spread a national movement.

Rob Reiner in a very real way helped to pave the mainstream conversations we have now about funding #earlyed and investing in children. Our field owes him a debt of gratitude. What a terrible loss.

From 2018:

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#education #earlyed #earlyedchat #earlyyears #educational

Christmas snuffles?

'Humphrey's Hum': a gentle story about feeling 'under the weather'
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Why play? - How to make play an essential part of early education Play is not a luxury—it’s a biological necessity. From early childhood through adulthood, play fuels cognitive growth, emotional resilience, social competence, and physical development. This article a...

Was recently interviewed by The Voice of Early Childhood! Hope you'll listen to "Why play? - How to make play an essential part of early education!" You'll find it here: thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/why-play-how... #ECE #earlyed #play #WhyPlay

Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget | Flipboard CBC News - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim defended the city's budget on CBC's The Early Edition. He says the $2.4 billion budget heavily prioritizes public safety, …

If, for some reason, you would like to experience that #EarlyEd interview which I heard this morning, take a look at this auto-generated toot and click the link therein.
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Listening to my Mayor being interviewed on CBC’s local morning drive show is an exercise in frustration. Fairly clearly, not just for me, but also for host Stephen Quinn. When asked a simple question where a response of ‘yes/no’ would be best, we get a monologue of […]

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Architecting Meta-Learning [RR] We must stop trying to teach meta-learning and start architecting environments that force it to emerge. <<Support my work: book a keynote or briefing!>> Want to support my work but don't need a keyno...

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A major concern is childcare quality. Studies from Quebec suggest universal programs could lead to negative effects like increased aggression & anxiety in children. This highlights the critical need for high standards. #EarlyEd 4/6

Report: CT early childhood education needs more improvement Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

New report: Connecticut’s early childhood system is evolving, but instability remains.
Providers face low wages & families navigate a fragmented system.

2028: Free child care for families earning under $100K.

#EarlyEd #ChildCare #CTPolicy

📘New report from CalTog + EL-WIN:
How can CA build a Universal Pre-K workforce that reflects its multilingual learners?

🔹Central Valley “Grow Your Own” models
🔹Spanish ECE certificate programs
🔹7 big policy recommendations

🔗Read: buff.ly/eIEPXZM

#MultilingualEd #UPK #EarlyEd #EquityInEd

Former Microsoft CEO’s philanthropy will donate up to $170M a year for free preschool in WA *The Ballmer Group’s gift could add up to 10,000 early childhood education slots over the next decade.* ***It comes on the condition that the state not make further cuts to the program.*** **Just a snippet from the article:** * The Ballmer Group on Wednesday committed hundreds of millions of dollars for free preschool in Washington, a massive philanthropic contribution amid state budget cuts and federal rollbacks. * The donation of up to $170 million per year for the next decade could fund 10,000 additional slots in the state’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, or ECEAP, for low-income families. The program currently has just over 14,000 slots statewide at over 460 locations. * The Ballmer Group was founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie. * Gov. Bob Ferguson called the funding “truly transformative.” * “It’d be hard to quantify how significant that investment will be for our state,” Ferguson said at a press conference Wednesday, announcing the news at the Denise Louie Education Center in Seattle. * **As a condition of getting the gift, the state pledged no further budget cuts to the ECEAP program for the next 10 years.**

Fantastic news for Washington families! 🎉 A former Microsoft CEO's philanthropy will donate up to $170M annually to fund free preschool across the state, opening doors for thousands of young learners. #FreePreschoolWA #EarlyEd #GoodNews

Promotional graphic for upcoming webinar titled "Revisiting Head Start as a Cornerstone for Early Learning & Development: Emerging Challenges & Opportunities" on November 4, 2025 at 3pm

Starting tomorrow, nearly 60,000 students across 41 states could lose access to #HeadStart.

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NEXT WEEK, our #EarlyEd expert @carriegill.bsky.social will discuss why these critical programs are an essential part of the early learning ecosystem.

...and why we should expand and fully fund them.

Teach positional words all year with Bat Storymats! 🦇 Kids move, feel, and say: over, under, beside. Kinesthetic + tactile + verbal practice = faster mastery + smiles. Perfect for centers or circle time. #EarlyEd #HandsOnLearning #SLP #Literacy

🔔 STARTING SOON!

This afternoon, we'll bring together #EarlyEd researchers to discuss how screens and #AI are reshaping childhood—and how they are affecting how kids are taught to read.

Meet us downtown or sign on to our livestream at 2:30pm ET!

🔗 www.newamerica.org/conference/g...

The Youthful Art of Stillness: Embracing the Pause in Nature’s Classroom The art of stillness. Finding healthy ways to encourage young children to discover the quiet magic that lives outdoors.

New from Laura Roush: www.bamradionetwork.com/the-art-of-s... #ECE #earlyed #earlychildhood

#education #earlyed #earlyedchat #earlyyears #educational #preschool #toddlers #literacy #ECE #baby #kids

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