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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ensuring Start Early’s Essential 0-5 Survey accurately measures infant-toddler setting quality
By Joshua Stewart, Senior Researcher and Marc Brodersen, Managing Senior Researcher at Marzano Research and Debra Pacchiano, Vice President of Translational Research and Isabel Farrar, Research Associate at [...]
Marzano Research helps guide Colorado’s early childhood education efforts
Marzano Research recently partnered with the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) to support its efforts to ensure each and every child entering kindergarten has the tools necessary to [...]
Colorado Shines Brighter
In late 2018, the Colorado Department of Human Services’ (CDHS’) Office of Early Childhood (OEC) received a $5.8 million Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B–5) from [...]