NIEER Weekly
Volume 15, Issue 30
December 23, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: 2016 Hot Topics stay hot for 2017; US CEA says families with young children need help most; Happy Holidays from NIEER
Volume 15, Issue 29
December 16, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Research Shows Head Start is All Over the Map, Union City NJ Preschool in the Spotlight and Mark Your Calendar for ECE Events
Volume 15, Issue 28
December 9, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: New report on Head Start coming soon, Early Childhood Education as Economic Development and Advocacy 101
Volume 15, Issue 27
December 2, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Moving beyond the divisive campaign on early education issues; Making the early years count and State progress reports on PDG
Volume 15, Issue 26
November 18, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Are Hispanic families closing the PreK gap? How NJ schools are enhancing K-3 and Putting the EVERY in ESSA
Volume 15, Issue 25
November 11, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Did voters support ECE? How qualified are Kindergarten teachers and How to Bring STEM into PreK
Volume 15, Issue 24
November 4, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Is there an elephant--or a donkey--in the room? Get your ELS Assessment Tool and View the ECE Guidelines webinar
Volume 15, Issue 23
October 28, 2016
Highlighting the week's most interesting stories and studies: Is your community a "child care desert"? How prek discipline affects access and equity. And a chance to talk with USDOE about new ESSA guidelines for ECE.
Volume 15, Issue 22
October 21, 2016
Hot Topics PreK at the Polls While politicians and pundits debate poll results, recent polls have found a landslide of support for child care from a key constituency–parents–as well as voter support for preschool education. The extent to which survey respondents think of preschool education and child care as distinct is not entirely clear, but parents overwhelmingly view child…
Volume 15, Issue 21
October 14, 2016
Hot Topics PreK on the Ballot Preschool–its benefits, its costs and its accessibility–is gaining attention from the debate stage to city hall. Republican Donald Trump has offered a tax deduction to help middle- and upper-income families recoup some costs of child care and preschool and encouraged employers to offer onsite childcare. Democrat Hillary Clinton, an advocate for universal preschool…