For the past seven years, thousands of early learning professionals from around the world have looked to BabyTalk to inform their work. The brain child of national consultant Camille Catlett, BabyTalk provides high quality, free resources, including resources available in…
Three community members in North Carolina from Moore, Wake and Mecklenburg counties have been recognized by the National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) for their exemplary work to support children’s early literacy. The CGLR has recognized 47 state and community…
Toss a stone in a pond, and you get ever-expanding ripples. We want to learn from you — what is Pathways’ ripple effect? On October 18th, tweet using #PathwaysRipple to let us know how YOU have used Pathways in your…
October is both National Principals Month and National Head Start Awareness Month. (Of course, we think principals and early learning educators should be celebrated every month!)
To celebrate, Head Start programs around the country are inviting principals to visit their…
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina voters across the political spectrum want the state to double its investment in early childhood development. Republicans, Independents and Democrats alike favor a wide range of state investments in young children’s healthy development beginning at…
Governor Roy Cooper announced that residents in 27 counties will be able to apply for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “D-SNAP,” beginning Friday.
Eligible households will receive a one-time benefit on a special debit…
North Carolina was one of the first states to create an early care and education Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). The goal of a QRIS is to raise the quality of early care and education programs. North Carolina’s system…
The National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (NCIT) will host a webinar on Wednesday, September 26 at 3 p.m. on using brain science to make the case for t0 birth to three. Al Race, Deputy Director and Chief Knowledge Officer…
The most recent NC end of third grade reading assessment results show scores hardly shifting from last year and continued racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps. What can we do differently? A recent research study on how best to reduce achievement…
Is free- and reduced-price lunch still a good measure of economic disadvantage? Historically, this measure has been used to drive policy and funding. For example, states, including North Carolina, disaggregate student achievement data under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act…