NIEER Newsletter
January 8, 2021 – Volume 20, Issue 1
HOT TOPICS Pandemic’s Impact on Early Learning and Care Programs in California and Dual Language Learners New research by the nonprofit advocacy organization Early Edge California examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early lear
December 18, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 48
NIEER Newsletter will be on hiatus for the holidays, returning Friday, Jan. 8. From everyone at NIEER, please enjoy a joyful and safe holiday. HOT TOPICS Study Shows Pennsylvania Pre-K Program Benefits Young Learners Children who particip
December 11, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 47
HOT TOPICS Study: Mitigation Strategies Reduce Child Care COVID-19 Risk Child care and early education settings can reduce their COVID-19 transmission risk by following recommended mitigation strategies, according to research published this week by the
December 4, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 46
HOT TOPICS New Research Examines Educator Preparation Programs Nationwide research sponsored by the Early Educator Investment Collaborative and conducted by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Bellwether Education Partners, and NIEER ana
November 20, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 45
NIEER Newsletter will be on hiatus next week for Thanksgiving. From everyone at NIEER, enjoy a safe Thanksgiving. HOT TOPICS Cost-Effective Scalable Interventions for Infant-Toddler Development in Low-Income Contexts A cluster-randomized
November 13, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 44
HOT TOPICS High-Quality Early Learning Advances Equity, Says New Research from CUNY and Columbia University Research from The City College of New York and Teachers College at Columbia University illustrates seven principles of practice that offer an ex
November 6, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 43
HOT TOPICS ECE Ballot Initiatives Win in Tuesday’s Elections Early childhood education ballot initiatives—in St. Louis, San Antonio, Colorado, Multnomah County, Colorado, and Florida’s Leon County and Escambia County—won handily at the polls Tuesday ni
October 30, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 42
HOT TOPICS NIEER’S New Research on Bilingual Instruction A study co-authored by former and current NIEER faculty Alexandra Fiegueras-Daniel (now at Bank Street) and Zijia Li (and recently published by Early Childhood Research Quarterly) explores the ef
October 23, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 41
HOT TOPICS ITC@NIEER Study: New Jersey Childcare Centers Imperiled by COVID-19 Costs COVID-19 safety measures and class size limits and low state subsidies have put New Jersey childcare providers in financial peril, says new research from the Infant an
October 16, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 40
HOT TOPICS Identifying Promising Strategies for Dual Language Learners Bellwether Education Partners has published new research on promoting early math learning for dual language learners (DLL). Language Counts: Supporting Early Math Development
October 9, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 39
HOT TOPICS MPI Policy Brief: Improving Immigrant, Refugee Family Home Visiting Enrollment A new policy brief from the Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines innovative state and local approaches to h
October 2, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 38
HOT TOPICS Declaration Recommends Steps for High Quality ECE in Latin America NIEER’s Dr. Milagros Nores joined representatives of the ministries and agencies responsible for early childhood education, experts, and representatives of civil society orga
September 25, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 37
HOT TOPICS Massive reductions in kindergarten enrollment reported this fall—preschool enrollment also falls An AP story reports that urban school districts are experiencing large declines in the percentage of students enrolling in preschool and kinderg
September 18, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 36
HOT TOPICS Kindergarten Entry Assessments During COVID New America’s recent blog Kindergarten Entry Assessments During COVID-19: How are States Adapting? (9/14/2020) examines how Ohio and South Carolina are implementing KEAs, including in-person data c
September 11, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 35
HOT TOPICS Summer Learning and Child Care. A newly published study investigated learning over the summer between preschool and kindergarten. The study found that learning slowed during summer with disadvantaged students suffering the largest slowdowns.
September 4, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 34
HOT TOPICS Brief Looks at Challenges and Solutions to Conducting Intensive Studies in Early Care and Education Settings The Administration for Children and Families (ACS) discusses the “unique challenges” of recruiting and collecting data from early ca
August 28, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 33
HOT TOPICS Learning Policy Institute Offers Framework for Education Equity and Effectiveness A recent report from the Learning Policy Institute provides an overarching framework of actions policymakers and educators can take to support equitable, effec
August 21, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 32
Hot Topics A Podcast and New Research Follow NIEER’s Look at Pandemic’s Impact on Early Education The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Knowledge Hub features a podcast with Dr. Steven Barnett discussing NIEER’s survey of the pa
August 14, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 31
Hot Topics Early Childhood Program Participation 2019: First Look Just out is a new report based on data from the 2019 National Household Education Survey regarding early childhood care and education for children birth to age 5 and not yet in kindergar
August 7, 2020 – Volume 19, Issue 30
Hot Topics Nebraska Survey Finds Child Care Providers Need Help During Pandemic Nebraska’s early care and education providers are under extraordinary stress from the pandemic and need more support to stay in business, according to a survey released by