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Office of Head Start Director Calls for Improved Alignment Between Head Start & K-12 Schools
On Monday, the new director of the Office of Head Start (OHS), Dr. Deborah Bergeron, released a video message discussing the important transition for children from Head Start to Kindergarten. …

Early Learning in State ESSA Plans: How States Are Using the Law
STATES ARE PRIORITIZING EARLY LEARNING The latest addition to FFYF’s ESSA toolkit of resources, Early Learning in State ESSA Plans: Implementation Snapshot provides an early look at where states are leveraging ESSA …
Thinking About Early Childhood Policy Beyond the “Silos”
Last week, Project Evident’s Sara Peters and Capita’s Joe Waters published an article that seeks to “reframe our current approach to serving children and families by suggesting that our work …

Head Start Program Performance Standards: Quality Component Overview
For over fifty years, families across America have relied on Head Start programs to provide children the skills they need to be ready for school and families the assistance they …

What Early Learning in ESSA Can Look Like for States and Districts
FFYF has developed this resource to serve as a helpful tool for states writing innovative ESSA early learning plans. In late 2015, Congress approved and President Obama signed the bipartisan …

Comparing the Three Iterations of the Nation’s Biggest Education Law – ESSA
These tables map the major early learning provisions included in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, S.1177, P.L. 114-95) and compares them to the No Child Left Behind Act, and …