Community Supports for Learning Loss Recovery are EssentialAs many suspected might be the case, North Carolina’s fourth graders need more support to be better readers, since pandemic learning losses have impacted communities. This was demonstrated in the “Nation’s Report…
Earlier this year, the NC Early Childhood Foundation released the first edition of the Pathways Action Map, an interactive tool that aims to drive action towards a shared vision where all North Carolina children, regardless of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic…
Every month, throughout 2022, our Marketing Communications Leader is connecting with parents of young children at our partner organizations to lift up the insights of these hard-working parents and the work of our amazing partners.
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A couple times a month throughout 2022, our Marketing Communications Leader is connecting with parents of young children at our partner organizations to lift up the insights of these hard-working parents and the work of our amazing partners. Be sure…
Last month, Governor Cooper released a FY 2022-2023 budget proposal, called Building on Success, that includes investments in early childhood, education and health. In the plan, Cooper proposes a $525.8 million budget, designed to fully fund recommendations from the Leandro…
NC Early Childhood Foundation’s Community Engagement Leader, Lisa Finaldi, joined a group of panelists for the UNC School of Government ncIMPACT Initiative discussing workforce shortages in North Carolina. Moderated by host Anita Brown Graham, panelists discussed why labor shortages exist…
The NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Initiative (Pathways) has always been about possibility. It started by bringing together diverse North Carolina leaders to imagine what would be possible if:We adopted shared, whole child, birth-to-eight measures that put children on…
In June 2021, the North Carolina Superior Court ordered the state to comply with the Comprehensive Remedial Plan submitted for Leandro v. State. The eight-year plan includes a detailed roadmap of fiscal, programmatic, and strategic steps necessary to meet the…
Title I Preschool and the NC Head Start State Collaboration Office (Office of Early Learning, NC Department of Public Instruction), the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation, and EducationCounsel have partnered since December 2017 to support school districts and early childhood…
Timely Tina is no ordinary clock. This September, Tina has been helping to ensure students in Nash and Edgecombe counties are present, engaged and supported at virtual school every day.
Timely Tina reintroduced herself on social media earlier this month…