10 yrs ago, early childhood advocacy was a lonely pursuit, says Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D.. Now…people recognize the power of early childhood, importance of creating policy + practice to benefit children.” 5 fascinating pts! Mark Swartz NMT/NME Network Campaign for Grade-Level Reading bit.ly/3JQ60ZE

.Kristen Lum Brummel, NBCT I've got a couple great Hawaii early childhood educator stories for you! lena.org/lena-grow-hawa…. Makes me smile when I get to think of you and Hawaii State Teacher Fellows again. 🙂

Catch Isabelle Hau's "Small Talks" today for some interesting studies on how babies learn in the immediate prenatal period--& check out some older research associating words heard at 32/36 weeks w/ cognitive scores at 7/18 mos: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art… #NICU #babies #earlytalk

Listened to Rachel Rodgers's video on Inc. today: inc.com/video/want-to-…. She's coaching women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and people living with disabilities to build their business & earn more revenue. Her quick tips are spot on--have a listen!

“Innovation to help students make progress should be the default, not an act of permission granting from bureaucrats.” How about we dispense with policies that we need to circumvent in order to serve students?

Great brief! I’d love more info on what data to look at when planning, like here: “For other considerations, there is a min level that all cities should aim to meet; …evidence suggests that preschool rooms should have a max of 20 students w/ a max ratio of 1 adult:10 children.”

Learn more about LENA's community-based work: bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/early-edu…, & cont'd thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies for replication funding!

Our Public Voices Fellowship on Racial Justice in Early Childhood is seeking educators, advocates, writers and anyone who is committed to telling stories of racial justice in early childhood. The Deadline to apply is THIS Sunday, don’t wait! #JusticeForAll #EarlyChildhood

Read Early Learning Nation's recap of more evidence confirming how important our interactions with infants & toddlers are to brain development, published earlier this week: earlylearningnation.com/2023/03/in-bab…

"Will the environment/infrastructure support the best relationship between caregiver and child, for each and every child?," with considerations given to each of the categories in NIEER's brief: nieer.org/wp-content/upl…. Sign up for the discussion! ⬇️

TODAY at 1-2 PM ET, Dr. @ShantelMeek will join Center for Child and Family Policy to discuss her work here at the CEP, focusing on dismantling systemic #racism in #earlycare & #earlyeducation. Learn more & register here: bit.ly/3Z5Zsed

"A growing body of research shows the long-term benefits of quality social-emotional learning for children: an increase in academic performance, better classroom behavior and higher levels of well-being as young adults." : hechingerreport.org/toddlers-need-…

Emmy Liss, Children's Funding Project, on how NYC moved from a small, targeted #ECE program to one that serves nearly 100k children 0 to 5--in the space of 10 years. childrensfundingproject.org/cfp-blog/2023/…

.LENA is statewide in TN! lena.org/lena-grow-goes… "'The TN CCR&R sees the LENA Grow program as an important piece of the puzzle in proper language and socio-emotional development for children in Tennessee,' said Heather Hicks, Director of the TN CCR&R." Signal Centers

No matter what your stance is on the prerequisites for aid (employment, here)--our current policies harm children. How can we expect better generational outcomes for kids if we don't support the generation caring for them? theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Had the opportunity to write for LENA in celebration of early childhood educators: lena.org/teacher-apprec…. Take a look!

Thanks to support from Early Milestones, LENA supported a 115% increase in the number of dual language learners served by LENA Grow. Increasing conversational turns while respecting cultural and linguistic identity is incredibly important--what a transformative grant.

We're so proud of CIRCLE grantee LENA and all they have accomplished in one year w/ the #CIRCLEGrant! The grant is funded by Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) thru the federal American Rescue Plan and CRRSA Act. We are partnering with CDEC to administer the CIRCLE grant program.