Thanks Buffett EC Institute - happy to support work on babies in NE

Jessie Rasmussen, president of Buffett Early Childhood Fund, says growth of conference is really remarkable and shows "we're on to something really important." #ThrivingChildren2020

We translate research on the best public investments into state policy actions that produce results for young children & society. Our new Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap provides evidence-driven guidance to 50 states + DC. Learn more: pn3policy.org #pn3policy

TOMORROW #Evidence2020Online : We look forward to more exciting sessions. Keep an eye on more inspirational sessions including: Learning from AELA winners, Developing capacities on academic writing, & Exploring communities of practice, among others. #EIDMinAfrica

Great article by Abbie Raikes and team in ECRQ !!!! doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre… ECD Measure #MELQO

We're live and looking forward to Phase 2! Thanks Abbie Raikes @MariUllmann Forum One USAID Education

Great work, Hiro and team!

SAVE THE DATE! Launching the 2020 #ECD Countdown Country Profiles 23 Nov 2020 8-9.30am EST, hosted by #UNICEF / Technical Working Group. 197 countries, new data on disability and translations into Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish.

Great to be part of this team! Join us to learn more.

Great to be part of this exciting initiative! ECD Measure

📢UPCOMING WEBINAR Jan. 21 8am EST/4pm East Africa| Please join us for a Together for #EarlyChildhood Evidence webinar on developing monitoring and quality assurance systems. #ECDData Register and complete a short survey: eventbrite.com/e/monitoring-a…

Excited to have the new UNL CYAF doctoral student page up to showcase my fellow students and all of their great work! Check it out: cehs.unl.edu/cyaf/meet-our-…

Thanks for leading the way LEGO!

🆕 Our latest blog by Abbie Raikes & Dawn Davis is up! Building on The LEGO Foundation's 5 characteristics of playful experiences, we re-analyzed data from existing measurement tools to connect #LearningThroughPlay w/ #EarlyChildhood outcomes. #PlayMatters 👀ecdmeasure.org/2021/03/04/lea…

Looking forward to hearing from my great colleague Kate Anderson this morning!

BONUS: A special thank you to the stellar team that made this study possible, including coauthors: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cd… @DanaCMcCoy @jcuartas2 Jere Behrman Claudia Cappa Jody Heymann Chunling Lu Abbie Raikes Linda Richter Alan Stein Günther Fink

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A foray into meatpacking is not for the faint of heart. Several small- to midsized packing plants have closed or been gobbled up by the Big Four in recent years. And big packinghouses create economies of scale. More from @PaulHammelOWH and Henry Cordes:   omaha.com/news/local/the…

#ECSummit22 Session Spotlight! Good data is essential to address disparities among children & families. On 4/13 at 10:30AM, Abbie Raikes, assoc. prof. in UNMC College of Public Health, will share results from new caregiver-reported assessments that measure early development. go.unl.edu/zhnd

Heading to #CIES2023? Join us for breakfast on Feb. 22 to discuss how USAID, T4ECE, and partners are building data informed #EarlyChildhood systems. We're excited to be joined by Joan Lombardi Koli Banik Aliou Tall Abbie Raikes & Rebecca S. Mojgani! RSVP: bit.ly/3Kinjmi