COVID-19 closures did not have significant negative impacts on pre-K children’s language and literacy skills at kindergarten entry, study finds. ➡️ bit.ly/4bWbBZP Meaghan McKenna #ElizabethBurkeHadley #SiyuLiu #EunsookKim USF David C. Anchin Center AERA Sage Education

Policy and Place: Immigration, Schooling, and the Local Context - Roberto G. Gonzales, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23… Grateful to @RGGonzales1 for this critical issue & overall leading the way for so many of us to study and work with the communities we care so deeply about. 😍

How do #RPP members describe the impact of participating in an RPP? What are their motivations and which mechanics + conditions support them in the work? New article by @laurawent, Lindsay Fox Mathematica, and sean reardon explores these questions: buff.ly/3xpttx5

This new paper from Lisa A. Gennetian et al. evaluates the impacts of monthly unconditional cash transfers on family investments. Dr. Kimberly Noble Katherine Magnuson @HiroYoshikawaNY nature.com/articles/s4156…

It was a pleasure collaborating with Meg Thomas and a wonderful team of co-authors on this piece for BOLD, which celebrated what is possible when a professional development program builds on existing policy and educators' expertise...

👋this Society for Research in Child Development paper synthesizes qual data from indigenous caregivers & reminds us to stop applying Western, dyadic attachment theory to all kids. It is a banger & will make you question everything you ever knew & loved about parenting observations. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.1…

This report examines five early childhood coaching systems to understand the different ways that comprehensive coaching can be implemented at scale, the coaching approaches used, and the supports offered. #ECE learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/coachi…

Popping in from vacation with some news: city to announce 20 #PHLed schools to begin year-round school pilot (with before and after care only, at first, no PFT staff changes). Story, with list of the schools - inquirer.com/education/phil…

In a paper on how racial inequality continues to shape the experience of Black students, Joaquín Noguera (Loyola Marymount University) & Pedro Noguera (USC Rossier) elevate the ongoing importance of the question posed by MLK Jr.: “Where do we go from here?” bit.ly/3QOiIeh

Being a principal isn't easy, and ain't getting any easier. We studied principals' sleep quality, job-related stress, & perceptions of leadership self-efficacy. Principals were getting enough sleep, but w/ poorer sleep quality. This is just the beginning of studying & finding

Yes. Schools are expected to solve the social problems we create by underinvesting in policies that could offer more direct support for families, communities, and kids.

Opinion: Most preschool curricula underdeliver, but it doesn’t have to be that way, write Deborah A. Phillips McCourt School & Christina Weiland Ed Policy Initiative in The Hechinger Report. hechingerreport.org/opinion-most-p…

The #AERA2025 Submissions deadline has been extended to August 2 at 11:59 pm PT. aera.net/2025Submissions

Would Dev Psych be better off focusing on interventions that target structures & resources instead of parents? We asked 281 moms with low incomes. The answer: Moms saw both types of interventions as potentially very helpful for supporting early child dev. nature.com/articles/s4159…

We used longitudinal, qual data to analyze changes in instructional coaching in 1 mid-sized urban-emergent school district from 2014 to 2019. The paper shows how educational leaders tinker with capacity building policy instruments: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…

“Support for young children and families is support for America and its future.” Sweta Shah, KathyandRo, Elias Blinkoff and Juanita Morales propose bipartisan investments to bolster paid family leave, early learning, young kids’ mental health, and more. brookings.edu/articles/when-…