On Wednesday, February 15, renowned early education scholar and advocate Ruby Takanishi sat down for a panel discussion with three Oregon educators at the forefront of integrating comprehensive early learning into public school settings. In a panel discussion...
The United States is increasingly a nation of extremes with growing wealth and opportunity for some, and declining wealth and opportunity for many others. These stark social and economic inequalities are clearly reflected in how we educate our children. Some...
In the fourth installment of the Early Link Podcast, and the last one for 2016, I visited Yoncalla in Douglas County to learn more about the community, our Early Works initiative, and Yoncalla Elementary's new preschool funded by Oregon's Preschool Promise program....
Yoncalla Elementary School begins offering high-quality preschool on Sept. 19 for 20 children, giving Yoncalla Early Works a big leap forward in its mission to prepare the district’s young children for school success. “It is going to be a game changer,” says Erin...
More than one-third of Oregon children aren't meeting third grade reading benchmarks. Swati Adarkar discusses this problem — and its solutions — with Ken Ackerman of Comcast Newsmakers.
At our 2014 Make It Your Business event, the 2nd annual Alexander Award was presented posthumously to Lynn Lundquist.
Ron Haskins presented at our 2014 Make It Your Business event on the role of preschool programs in promoting economic mobility.
Learning Together explores how parents, child care providers and school staff at Earl Boyles Elementary School, one of our Early Works sites, came together to participate in a series of Mind in the Making classes. Read Report...
Video by Kate Raphael / Studio Kate
Pre-kindergarten represents a new beginning for American education.
