The long-term results of the Abecedarian Project show a clear economic benefit when children at risk receive enriched early care and education.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute: Abecedarian Project
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Tag: high-quality early childhood education
Flexibility Matters
Home child care providers, child care centers, Head Start programs, school-based preschools, faith-based programs and others all have a place in ensuring that Nebraska's children at risk have access to quality opportunities during their earliest years.
Teacher Quality Matters
Broad consensus exists that teacher quality matters—teacher quality makes a difference in our K-12 system and it makes a difference in our colleges and universities. But nowhere does teacher quality have a greater impact than with our youngest children.
U.S. Census: 42% of Nebraska’s Children Ages 0-5 Are At Risk
New Census data show 42% of Nebraska children ages 0-5 continue to be at risk of failing in school. They are located throughout the state and in rural and metro areas.
Resources to Help Nebraska Private Child Care Providers Create Strong Early Childhood Programs
Private child care providers have a role to play in helping children arrive at kindergarten ready to learn. These Nebraska-specific resources are available for providers pursuing early childhood interventions that narrow the achievement gap.
Gates Foundation to Expand Investment in Early Childhood
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is ramping up investment in quality early childhood programs to support success in kindergarten and beyond.
New Sixpence School-Child Care Provider Partnerships a Game Changer
Happy First Birthday, Nebraska Step Up to Quality!
Nebraska Step Up to Quality celebrated its first birthday July 1 and celebrated a year of working to improve early care and education quality, and increase positive outcomes for young children to close the achievement gap.
New Website Offers Extensive Resources for Early Childhood Educators
The power of high-quality early childhood education
In this short video of a TEDx talk at the University of North Carolina, researcher Kate Gallagher talks about the ground-breaking Abecedarian Project in which low-income children received quality early childhood education. Now, 35 years later, we continue to see how high-quality early care and education changed the life trajectories of the children who participated.
Early Childhood Highlights from Nebraska’s 2015 Legislative Session
Balancing a wide variety of public interests and with great bipartisan support, the Nebraska Legislature again recognized the critical importance of children’s early years prior to adjourning the 2015 legislative session on May 29. Of preeminent importance to First Five Nebraska is public policy that recognizes the development of the brain in the early years literally shapes the learning capacity for the rest of a child’s life. Here's a summary of our highest priority bills from the 2015 legislative session.
New Study: Children in Educare Schools Narrowed the Achievement Gap
High-quality early education is especially advantageous when children start younger and continue longer, says a new report from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.