Wisconsin to Update Early Learning and Development Guidelines
States revise their early learning guidelines regularly to reflect what research now tells us about how young children develop and learn and to align with their early childhood [...]
How Colorado Is Using Mentorship to Grow, Support, and Keep Early Childhood Educators
Finding and keeping great early childhood educators takes more than a job posting. Programs need ways to upskill or support growth of the educators they already have, welcome [...]
The Next Wave: 6 CIRCLE Takeaways on Funding Early Childhood
Two years ago, educators, councils, and nonprofits across Colorado joined a statewide effort to bolster early childhood systems. Funded by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and facilitated [...]
Colorado Grant Shows How Responsiveness in Funding Expands Access to Early Care
When a small preschool in Garfield County, Colorado, received a modest award through the state’s CIRCLE grant program, the director used it to launch a teacher apprenticeship pipeline. [...]
From Seed to System: How Small Grants Grow Lasting Change
From Seed to System What happens when you give local early childhood leaders the freedom to try bold ideas with modest seed funding? In Colorado, the answer is [...]
5 Strategies for Forging Strong State Cross-Agency Collaboration
Did you know that no state houses all prenatal to age 3 supports and services in a single agency? Most states distribute early childhood functions across health, education, [...]
Inside Colorado’s Hub Model: Innovative Evaluation Approaches in Early Childhood Education
Innovative Evaluation Approaches in Early Childhood Education When Colorado received over $700 million in federal and state stimulus funding for early childhood programs in 2021–2022, the state's Department [...]
Bridging Physical and Digital Learning
A feasibility study of the Infinibook™ “Is my child becoming an ‘iPad kid’?” As the debate over technology’s role in early childhood learning intensifies, it’s not just parents [...]
Supporting Children with Special Health Conditions: How We Developed a New Tool for Parents
How We Developed a New Tool for Parents Marzano Research believes in ensuring all children have the support they need to thrive in school and beyond. Recently, we [...]
Nebraska Early Childhood Math Landscape Analysis
To support early childhood math, Marzano Research partnered with the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) and the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. This partnership is meant to aid [...]