Health and Development
RAPID-EC Survey Highlights Challenges for Families During COVID-19
New data from the RAPID-EC Project (Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development-Early Childhood) highlights the challenges families with young children face during the COVID-19 pandemic. “How Are Our Children? Updates and Policy Implications from the...
Teaching & Learning During COVID-19
On this episode of The Early Link Podcast, host Rafael Otto speaks with podcaster and educator Evelyn Lauer about the struggles of teaching during a global pandemic. Guest: Evelyn Lauer has taught high school English in the Chicago area for 20 years. She is the...
Dr. Walter Gilliam on Preschool Expulsion and Bias
Dr. Walter Gilliam joins us in Portland for a discussion on preschool suspension, expulsion, and implicit bias. He is professor of child psychiatry and psychology at the Yale University Child Study Center, and the director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child...
ECC Policy Agenda Shaped by Lived Experience
Zakkiyya Ibrahim had been running a 5-star rated child care program in her rental home for three years when she received sudden notice last May, from her landlord, that she would need to close her business within fourteen days or receive an eviction notice....
Child Care in Rural Oregon: A Report from The Ford Family Foundation
A new report from The Ford Family Foundation in Roseburg, Oregon examines approaches to addressing systemic inequities in Oregon’s child care system. Oregon has struggled with child care availability for years. In 2019, 90 percent of the state was designated a...
Transforming Schools: Community Health Workers in Action
The following is an excerpt from our new report, "Transforming Schools: Community Health Workers in Action," written by Katia Riddle. Read the full report.Ana Olmos was surprised one day in the winter of 2019 when a Community Health Worker (CHW) approached her in...
Podcast: Hadiyah Miller, Black Child Development PDX
In this week’s episode, host Rafael Otto speaks with Hadiyah Miller, president of the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children (ORAEYC) and chairperson of Black Child Development PDX, about combating the expulsion and suspension of Black children in...
Parents Wrestle with School and Care Choices in Pandemic
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...
Parents and Teachers Weigh Quality vs. Safety in Pandemic
As Oregon educators prepare to open schools this fall, they are searching for ways to give their youngest students quality education while keeping them safe in a pandemic. That goal poses an enormous challenge if they physically open and an even bigger one if they...
Kindergarten Readiness Programs Support Equity, May Lose Funding
In Oregon, Kindergarten Readiness Partnership and Innovation Grants (KPI) fund a diverse range of programming that supports early school readiness and family engagement, as well as professional development for early childhood and early grades educators. Data shows...
