We’re pleased to introduce our newest Cooney Center Fellow, Elisabeth McClure. She has just joined us this month from Georgetown University, where she is completing her PhD in Human Development and Public Policy. Elisabeth’s graduate work was inspired by research about the video deficit effect, which finds that children under two years old learn better […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Tech and Young Children: U.S. Dept. of Ed Elevates Need for Guidance and PD
September 14, 2015
Now that digital technologies—and touch-screen tablets in particular—are finding their way into preschool and kindergarten classrooms, educators are faced with multiple questions about if, how, and when it is best to introduce them to young children. On September 3rd, the U.S. Department of Education brought together nearly 60 people from across the early childhood field […]
Catching Up with the Aprendiendo Juntos Council
September 9, 2015
On August 12th, returning and new participants of the Aprendiendo Juntos Council gathered at Sesame Workshop for the 3rd annual working meeting of the consortium. The Aprendiendo Juntos (Learning Together) Council is a multi-sector group of researchers, practitioners, media producers, and policy experts who seek to identify new models and practical strategies to improve educational […]
Family Partnerships Are Key to Digital Equity
September 18, 2015
This commentary was originally published on EdWeek.com on September 16, 2015. This fall, 3.5 million children will start kindergarten in the United States. One-quarter of them will be Hispanic, more than 90 percent of whom are U.S.-born, and just over one-third of whom are growing up below the poverty line. Hispanic kindergartners score lower […]