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The Power and Possibilities of Early Childhood Leadership and the Necessity of Community and Care in the Era of COVID-19

July 13, 2020December 12, 2023

Even before the pandemic, there was heightened attention toward early childhood as calls for public investments in care and education […]

Child Development Teaching, Leading and Caring

Confronting our Discomfort with Self-Compassion

July 9, 2020August 24, 20201 Comment

In each of the three books that I have written these past fifteen years or so, whether they are about […]

Teaching, Leading and Caring

Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being in a Time of Trauma

July 8, 2020September 18, 2023

“It’s okay to have many feelings.” As an educator in a preschool classroom I’ve often used or heard some version […]

Teaching, Leading and Caring

Making Millions off of the 30-Million-Word Gap

July 6, 2020August 24, 20201 Comment

Many of us in early childcare and education are part of movements for racial and economic justice in our society. […]

Teaching, Leading and Caring

Perspectives on Reopening:

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020

As New York State slowly begins to re-open, many early care and education providers are wondering what work will look […]

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QUALITYstarsNY Launches Webinar Series to Support New York’s Early Childhood Programs with Reopening During COVID-19

July 1, 2020September 18, 2023

As New York State’s Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) for early childhood programs, QUALITYstarsNY is committed to helping early […]

Career & Professional Development Child Development Teaching, Leading and Caring

Bank Street Film Strips Revisited

June 29, 2020July 1, 20201 Comment

My roots as an early childhood educator date back to 1975 as a Bank Street graduate student seeking my MA […]

Early Childhood News

Early Childhood Education Research Alliance Members Share Strategies in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

June 26, 2020September 18, 2023

A recent blog post from the REL Northeast & Islands shares strategies that members of the Early Childhood Education Research […]

Child Development Teaching, Leading and Caring

Tell Kids the Truth

June 24, 2020August 24, 20201 Comment

When I was 4 years old, my parents split up. I didn’t understand it at the time – though I […]

Child Development Teaching, Leading and Caring

Learning Stories

June 22, 2020December 12, 20232 Comments

During the past year, in our work as screening and assessment specialists at the Institute, we learned about a formative […]

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