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… Continue Reading The Next Wave: 6 CIRCLE Takeaways on Funding Early Childhood
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.… Continue Reading Colorado Grant Shows How Responsiveness in Funding Expands Access to Early Care
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… Continue Reading From Seed to System: How Small Grants Grow Lasting Change
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… Continue Reading Inside Colorado’s Hub Model: Innovative Evaluation Approaches in Early Childhood Education
Education leaders must use data and evidence to make good decisions. No one disputes this. But where does this data and evidence come from, and… Continue Reading Internal or External Evaluation? When to Say, “Both, Please!”
How Marzano Research Can Help Your District Comply and Improve If you’re a school district leader in Alaska, you may be familiar with the state's… Continue Reading Alaska’s Mandate for Periodic Review of Educator Evaluation Systems
The South Dakota Department of Education recently chose Marzano Research to evaluate its 3-year grant project aimed at supporting the department’s efforts to better serve students during the… Continue Reading Innovative program in South Dakota illustrates benefits of early implementation and close collaboration in program evaluation
Based in Jefferson County, Colorado, Jeffco Prosperity Partners (JPP) is a community-based program focused on supporting families in their journeys from poverty to prosperity. JPP helps children, youth, and their… Continue Reading Marzano Research teams up with Jeffco Prosperity Partners to help improve the support provided to families
The increasingly prominent role technology plays in our lives has come to the forefront of education research in recent years for obvious reasons. With a majority of… Continue Reading Bright By Text