NC Early Childhood Foundation’s Executive Director, Muffy Grant, had the opportunity to discuss the decline in preschool and kindergarten enrollment that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for families with incomes below $25,000 dollars. In the interview, Muffy…
Loretta Boniti from Sprectrum News spoke with Muffy Grant, Executive Director of NC Early Childhood Foundation, and Susan Perry, Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services about how families are navigating child care and…
A legislative council charged with creating a vision and strategy for a comprehensive birth through third grade education system for North Carolina will focus in 2021 on transitions among preschool and the early grades, supporting mental health and family engagement…
On March 15th, the state parties involved with the Leandro case submitted their Comprehensive Remedial Plan to the NC Superior Court. View the Plan here.
The Plan is in response to Consent Orders made by Judge Lee in January and…
Are you committed to building a comprehensive birth-through-age-eight education continuum in NC? Are you a collaborator who believes we can accomplish more together for young children and their families than any one agency or organization can alone? Then this job…
The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) wants to hear from YOU about how NC should invest in child care quality and assistance to families.
It’s time for NC to develop the state’s next three-year plan on how…
If you’ve been following NC education news for the past two weeks, you’ll know that the State Board of Education has been considering revisions to the K-12 Social Studies Standards for NC public schools. On February 4th, they voted and…
The Think BabiesTM NC Alliance recently shared its 2021 Policy Priorities for NC infants, toddlers and their families. The Alliance seeks to ensure that North Carolina’s youngest children, prenatal to age 3, benefit from effective and equitable public policies, programs,…
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…
President Joe Biden took office today. He has laid out a two-step plan of rescue and recovery, aimed at supporting children and families through the immediate health and economic crisis of the pandemic and building a stronger infrastructure going forward.…