A new report from Children's Institute reveals insights from Oregon's school district-run preschool programs and explores how preschool is being offered, where access remains limited, barriers to expansion, and what it will take to strengthen early learning in Oregon.
This webinar explores key findings from the 2025 Preschool Landscape Survey, presented by Children's Institute research team.
The 2025 Preschool Landscape Survey reveals fresh insights into Oregon’s school district preschool programs, a decade after Children’s Institute’s first statewide survey.
Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. Originally published by Public News Service on 8/23/24.
States look to improve collaboration between school districts and community partners. Originally published by New America on 7/18/24.
Halfway into the school year, parents and providers say Preschool for All is working. Children are developing key social emotional and problem-solving skills, literacy skills, and beginning to learn key concepts they’ll need for kindergarten.
As expected, the COVID-19 pandemic set back state preschool enrollment and funding across the country, according to the 2020 edition of The State of Preschool Yearbook by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Rutgers Graduate School of...
Melissa Tyler of Ontario, Ore., worries about sending her 5-year-old son into school this fall during a pandemic. But she’s even more concerned about Mason, who has Down’s syndrome, slipping behind. “I think socially he could be losing ground; that is my biggest...
In this episode of The Early Link podcast, we speak with Dr. Christina Weiland, assistant professor at the School of Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. Weiland’s research focuses on the effects of early childhood interventions and public policies on...
Oregon is the fourth least affordable state when it comes to preschool. State and federal funding provide preschool for only those families in deepest poverty, reaching only 15 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds in Multnomah County. Last fall, Multnomah County...
