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Pay for Success Emerges as New Financing Mechanism to Support Continued Early Learning Investment
Pay for Success (PFS) is a financing mechanism that leverages community-based solutions to public sector interests with private investment. Though public investment in early childhood education has undoubtedly increased, the …

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 …

Analysis: Early Learning Provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act
In December 2015, Congress approved, and President Obama signed, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, P.L. 114-95) to replace the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This latest update …

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 …