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What We Can Learn From Ghana's Obsession With Preschool

Nurith Aizenman Gregory Warner

June 19, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Ghana, Accra

When a group of preschool teachers in Ghana were taught about child-centered and open-ended learning as an alternative to a traditional rote memorization approach, they saw improvements in students' pre-literacy and pre-numeracy scores. The intervention served as a response to revelations of poor performance among early elementary school students. This despite the fact that 80 percent of 3 year olds in Accra, Ghana were enrolled in preschool. While some teachers have successfully rolled out the collaborative style in their classrooms, others have been met with significant cultural resistance.

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This Indian women's union invented a flexible childcare model

Miranda Hall

June 18, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

Affordable and flexible child care allows female informal workers to earn more money and frees older children to attend school. One model that works well comes from the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, which operates 13 centers, each caring for 130-400 children. SEWA offers quality care, pays employees living wages, and boasts high parent involvement.

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Want to start a preschool at home? Wonderschool can help

Carolyn Said

June 18, 2018 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

To address the lack of licensed child care centers, a San Francisco startup has helped to start 150 in-home care centers in the Bay area, LA, and New York. Wonderschool works closely with caregivers, providing consultation on the space and structure of the preschool and taking care of the administrative and marketing aspects of the business. "Two of the biggest costs to operate a child care program are real estate and administration,” CEO Chris Bennett says. “By using their own homes and Wonderschool’s administration software, directors are able to cut out those costs.”

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30 Million Words

Lauren Villagran

June 02, 2018 |

Searchlight New Mexico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pensacola, Florida

A Pensacola project is providing new parents with “brain bags”—books to read to their children as well as resources about early childhood development as it relates to language. By educating parents about the impact of how and how much they speak to their children during fundamental years of development, the bags help build babies language skills and create strong brain development.

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This Program Is Proven To Help Moms And Babies—So Why Aren't We Investing In It More?

Jackie Mader

May 02, 2018 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

The U.S. has a higher rate of infant mortality than any other developed nation. In Hillsborough County, Florida, a home visitation program coupled with extensive social services available to new mothers has cut the rate of SIDS in the county in half. Additionally, the societal economic return for the program is $5.70 for every $1 invested because communities save on medical care and criminal justice on families involved in the program.

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How Indiana is expanding On My Way Pre-K into 15 rural counties

Stephanie Wang

April 30, 2018 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indiana

Teachers and administrators are using text messages and free food and toiletries to spread the word about the state's need-based preschool grants. Advocates report that these strategies have proven successful in reaching and recruiting families in previously untapped rural counties.

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The Perks of a Play-in-the-Mud Educational Philosophy

Conor Williams

April 26, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Owings Mills, Maryland

Across America, preschools that incorporate outdoor activities into their instruction are on the rise. It is believed that moving out of a classroom and into nature can help children creatively learn, build skills at focusing, and reduce anxiety.

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Native Language Schools Are Taking Back Education

Abaki Beck

April 19, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

One night Jessie Little Doe Baird had a dream. Her ancestors told her it was time to bring back the Wôpanâak language to her community. The dream helped launch the the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, which later led to the Mukayuhsak Weekuw preschool. 20 students are enrolled and the entire curriculum is in the Wôpanâak language.

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These Colorado kids had trouble getting to preschool, so teachers drove the classroom to them

Alex Scoville

April 11, 2018 |

The Denver Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Thorton, Colorado

A Colorado-based educational organization (Right on Learning) has expanded its services beyond tutoring to bring "preschool in a bus" to a mobile home park in the Denver area. Right on Learning hopes to eliminate the barriers and cost of travel for many young learners and by doing so to offer more children the opportunity to improve their social skills and start kindergarten on the same level as their peers.

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Long-Term Gains: Pre-K Programs Lead to Furthered Education Later in Life

Abigail Fagan

March 22, 2018 |

Scientific American |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Child-Parent Centers (CPCs), Chicago-based early care education programs serving low-income children, opened their doors in 1967. A recent study of over 1,500 kids shows that students who enrolled in a CPC, which encourages full family involvement, were 47 percent and 41 percent more likely to go on to obtain an associate’s and bachelor’s degree respectively. Now, the study lead says, the question is “How do we implement these high-quality and highly effective programs at the state and national levels so all children have access regardless of their zip code?”

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