Early Childhood Education - Marzano Research

Marzano Research Top 5 Articles of 2025

Marzano Research2025-12-30T17:22:12+00:00December 30th, 2025|Blog Post, Classroom Practice, CTE, Data Collection and Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Educator Effectiveness, Employability Skills, Program Evaluation, Rural Education, School Improvement|

Marzano Research Every year, a handful of our articles stand out because they strike a chord with leaders and educators. Here are the top 5 [...]

6 Education Predictions for 2026

Marzano Research2026-01-14T19:45:05+00:00December 22nd, 2025|AI, Blog Post, Classroom Practice, CTE, Early Childhood Education, Educator Effectiveness, Employability Skills, Literacy, Rural Education, School Improvement, Work-Based Learning|

Marzano Research Education is in the midst of a rare kind of upheaval. Technology is accelerating, policy expectations are changing, and workforce pressures are no [...]

The Next Wave: 6 CIRCLE Takeaways on Funding Early Childhood

Carrie Germeroth2025-12-01T23:45:15+00:00November 3rd, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Program Evaluation Example, Project Spotlight-ECE|

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

Carrie Germeroth2025-11-06T18:17:00+00:00October 28th, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Program Evaluation Example, Project Spotlight-ECE|

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

Carrie Germeroth2025-10-29T17:29:23+00:00October 22nd, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Program Evaluation Example, Project Spotlight-ECE|

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 [...]

Supporting Employability Skills in Every Classroom

David Yanoski2026-03-19T21:25:21+00:00October 15th, 2025|AI, Blog Post, Classroom Practice, CTE, Early Childhood Education, Employability Skills, Work-Based Learning|

Helping students build communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills is not a new instructional priority; it’s something teachers have always done. But as the [...]

Future-Proofing Employability Skills: 5 Urgent Shifts Education Leaders Can’t Afford to Ignore

Marzano Research2025-10-15T15:58:30+00:00September 23rd, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education, Educator Effectiveness, Employability Skills, School Improvement, Work-Based Learning|

Work has changed. Employability skills must too. The world of work has never moved this fast. The U.S. Department of Education’s original 2012 [...]

5 Strategies for Forging Strong State Cross-Agency Collaboration

Carrie Germeroth2025-05-22T18:00:26+00:00May 15th, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education|

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

Carrie Germeroth2025-02-05T17:45:15+00:00January 22nd, 2025|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education, Partnership Feature, Program Evaluation Example, Project Spotlight-ECE|

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 [...]