2020 NIEER Report: Federal/State Partnership Needed to Expand High-Quality, Full-Day Preschool
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...
Scappoose, St. Helens, and Lincoln County School Districts Join Early School Success Partnership
What is ESS? The Early School Success initiative (ESS) is Children’s Institute’s response to research which finds that children have the best outcomes when they receive developmentally appropriate, aligned instruction from preschool through the elementary grades....
Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson Honored with Alexander Award
Children's Institute is pleased to honor Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson with the Alexander Award for her efforts to implement a universal preschool program in Multnomah County. The Preschool for All ballot measure, which passed in November,...
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...
CI Denounces Tragic Violence in Georgia
A statement from Karen Twain, Interim President & CEO The tragic violence in Atlanta, Georgia last week left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian women. As an organization committed to a just and healthy future for all Oregonians, Children’s Institute...
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...
Recognizing 16 Years of Service
On behalf of the Board of Directors at Children’s Institute, I wish to share the news that after 16 years, Swati Adarkar, Co-Founder, President and CEO will step down from her role at the end of this year. Swati has been a visionary and innovative leader who built...
Honoring Dr. Ruby Takanishi
“Recreating primary education is the civil rights issue of our times.”On Saturday evening we lost a giant in the field of education and child development. Dr. Ruby Takanishi was an amazing woman and thought leader who devoted her life to making a difference in the...
On Purpose: Stories from the Lives of Oregon Nonprofit Leaders
On Purpose, a new book by David Dickson, profiles thirty-four Oregon nonprofit leaders, and features Swati Adarkar, CI’s president and CEO, in the chapter titled, “The Pragmatic Idealist.” Dickson writes of Adarkar’s childhood trips to India, which shaped her...
Bonamici Report: Child Care in Crisis
What We're Reading Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici has issued a report on the state of child care in Oregon and across the nation. “Child Care in Crisis: Solutions to Support Working Families, Children and Educators,” is informed by conversations with providers,...
Racial and Economic Injustice Persists; Our Actions Must Make a Difference
A statement from Swati Adarkar, President and CEO, and Rafael Otto, Director of Communications. We are heartbroken by the recent loss of life in cities across America and our failure to uphold a society based on racial and economic justice. The reasons for fury,...
A Growing Presence on Opinion Pages: Early Childhood
If you’re struggling to keep up with the sheer number of recently published opinion pieces relevant to early childhood, you’re not alone. The coronavirus pandemic is bringing more attention to a number of longstanding issues that affect children's healthy...
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