Join us on a trip ten years into the future, to May 1, 2026…Today, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the year that the tide began to turn for early childhood education — and early childhood educators.
While attending the 2015 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, the legendary Thelma Harms quietly asked if she could join us for breakfast
The articles in this cluster describe five very different ways that early childhood educators are connecting with the wider community and with experts in other fields to support young children’s optimal learning and development
A book study provides an opportunity for professionals to come together and create a community of learners, engage in reflective dialogue, and collaborate
In this issue of Young Children, we present a collection of articles demonstrating some of the ways individuals, both inside and outside of classrooms and care settings, provide support to those working with young children.
Early childhood education (ECE) is in the spotlight as never before. Being in the limelight, however, has highlighted the field’s fragmentation and the variability in the quality of children’s formal early learning experiences
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Stacie G. Goffin, Rhian Evans Allvin, Deb Flis, Albert Wat
Responses provided by early childhood educators who reflected on the most ethically defensible course of action for a young teacher facing a challenging dilemma at work.
This article presents a framework for thinking about the many ways early childhood administrators influence the quality of their programs, and then looks more broadly at the concept of distributed leadership in an organization.
We are working on behalf of our members and the field on a number of projects and initiatives that focus on bolstering the profession and aligning content and resources around the science behind best practices that support how children develop and learn.
