Part 2 of Guidance for Advancing Action Along NC Pathways To Grade-Level Reading
Here is the second of our five-part Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Policy and Practice Action Toolkit to provide guidance for how policymakers, advocates, community non-profits, the business…
Strengthening NC’s early care and learning system in ways that are responsive to the state’s cultural diversity.
Over the next five months, we will release the five parts of the Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Policy and Practice Action Toolkit…
Oftentimes, at the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation, we talk about how important it is to have good child care as it pertains to supporting brain development in children, enabling parents to work, and the necessity to compensate early childhood…
To ensure that the voices and needs of parents, teachers, and providers are heard in conversations about early care and education, we conducted a listening tour of focus groups among these stakeholders across the state. The goal of the listening…
At the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF), our board members play an integral role in the success of the organization, providing strategic direction, solid governance, financial accountability and oversight, and offering support and guidance to staff. Our board members…
Partnership and collaboration across diverse leaders and systems are key ingredients to having the greatest impact for children in our state. Among these partners, the most important are families. From nurturing a child’s brain development in the earliest days of…
“Seeds never lose their potential, not even in dirt.”
― Matshona DhliwayoAs you’ve heard, the 2022 reading and math scores have been released and unfortunately, though not unsurprisingly, only 32% of our NC fourth graders are reading at or…
Businesses and economies are more successful in communities where families can also find success, which includes access to high-quality early learning experiences and concrete supports. So it was fitting for NC Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) Executive Director Muffy Grant to…
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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Is Your Workplace Family-Friendly? Learn How to Be Recognized We have big news! This month, we launched our brand new Family Forward NC Employer Certification as part of our Family Forward NC initiative, and we’re hosting a webinar to spread…