Three new case studies about local financing for early learning have been added to the NCECF Local Funding for Early Learning: A North Carolina Community Toolkit. The case studies document local financing initiatives in Mecklenburg County, NC; Cuyahoga County, Ohio;…
Twenty-two House Republican legislators have co-sponsored a bill to increase health coverage for low-income North Carolinians. The NC Health Care for Working Families legislation would:
Expand Medicaid coverage to more than 540,000 people ages 19 to 64 who make no…
More than one hundred parents, advocates, babies and toddlers met up at the NC General Assembly last week and shared their stories with state legislators, in support of affordable and high-quality early learning and care, family-friendly workplace policies, and better…
The B-3rd Grade Interagency Council, co-led by the NC Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Instruction, released recommendations to the NC General Assembly last week in a progress report. The Council drew on the…
Community Leaders, Agencies Commit to Boosting Early Literacy
Greenville, NC (April 10, 2019) – Pitt County is taking a big step toward improving student success by joining the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (GLR Campaign), a collaborative effort to improve…
Pathways believes we can accomplish more for young children and families together than any of us can do alone. Since 2015, together, we have co-created shared cross-sector, birth-through-age-eight measures of children’s success, agreed on priorities to focus on first, and…
Over the summer students can lose academic gains made during the school year, and research shows that summer learning losses can accumulate each year, influencing reading proficiency. While students tend to progress at the same rate during the school year,…
Thanks to the Cumberland County Partnership for Children in Fayetteville for helping to get the word out about the NCECF and EdNC attendance survey. We want to hear from and learn from elementary school leaders and teachers, parents of young…
At the Family Forward NC Summit on April 1, NCECF released the online companion to the Guide to Family Forward Workplaces. The online guide provides tools for employers with practical tips for choosing and implementing 16 family-friendly practices such as…
The NC Department of Public Instruction, NC Early Childhood Foundation and EducationCounsel continue to offer support for LEAs, Head Start programs, Smart Start partnerships and other local early learning leaders to explore new opportunities made possible through ESSA for birth…