The NC Early Childhood Foundation’s 2018 Impact Report is hot off the press. This year we have chronicled and celebrated not only 2018, but our first five years in business. Since 2013, in collaboration with many of you, NCECF has:…
The Governor’s Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education met in May to review and discuss the first draft of its priorities. Several priorities align with recommended measures and actions of the NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Initiative.
The Commission…
The NC Senate has released their budget recommendations for the 2019-2021 biennium. The proposal comes after the Governor released spending priorities in March and the House released their proposal in early May.
See a side-by-side comparison of early childhood provisions…
My Google alerts remind me each week about the staying power of our First 2000 Days campaign and how far and wide it has spread across North Carolina, nearby in Georgia and as far as Mississippi and Calgary, Canada!
The…
Trouble Hiring? With low unemployment in NC and a 20-point gap between available jobs and skilled workers for those jobs, half of NC employers had trouble hiring in 2018.
Missed our Family Forward Summit on April 1? Then join us…
Greensboro employers who want to strengthen the well-being of the area’s local workforce should integrate family-friendly workplace policies, create an organizational culture of health and consider small policy adjustments, such as flexible office hours, that will reap large rewards. These…
The NC Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) has a new Executive Director. Muffy Grant comes to NCECF as a strong fund development professional and non-profit leader. Most recently she served as the Director of Development for Prevent Child Abuse NC and…
The NC House Education Committee recently moved forward a bill to pilot and potentially scale an online early learning program for low-income preschool-aged children who are not currently accessing NC Pre-K. The online program is intended to be used for…
The NC Department of Public Instruction, NC Early Childhood Foundation and EducationCounsel continue to offer support for Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Head Start programs and early learning leaders to explore new opportunities made possible through ESSA for birth to third…
As NC ramps up focus on chronic absenteeism in the early grades, we are trying to learn more about how preschools, Head Start classrooms, elementary schools and their surrounding communities encourage and support regular school attendance. As you know, when…