Articles

• Read EdReports.org’s new blog: Invest in Quality Curricula Now for Long Term Returns

• Read the National Association for Educators of Young Children’s articles:

  • • • Back to School: Why Creating Classroom Community is So Important

      • Strategies for Helping Children Understand and Manage Emotions

      • Social Emotional Learning and Addressing Trauma

• Read School Stories from the 5Essentials in Practice:

  1. 1. • Fairfield Elementary Works to Foster Strong Student-Teacher Relationships

        • Strengthening Trust Among Adults at Pasteur Elementary

        • McPherson Works to Improve Student-Teacher Relationships

• Read the Momentous Institute’s articles:

  • • • We Have To Pay Attention To Adult Mental Health If We Want To Help Children

      • What is Secondary Trauma?

• Read ZERO TO THREE’s articles:

  • • • Early Childhood Teachers’ Well-Being: What We Know and Why We Should Care

      • Holding the Holders: Cultivating Reflective Spaces for the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Workforce During Multiple Pandemics

• Read Teachers Are More Likely to Experience Depression Symptoms Than Other Adults

• Read EdWeek's article: Compassion Fatigue Is Overwhelming Educators During the Pandemic

• Read ZERO TO THREE's article: “Needed Now More Than Ever:” Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in an Unprecedented Time

• Read EdReports.org’s new blog: Invest in Quality Curricula Now for Long Term Returns

• Read the 74 million’s A Better Equation: New Pandemic Data Supports Acceleration Rather than Remediation to Make Up for COVID Learning Loss

• Read EdWeek’s Understanding Learning ‘Acceleration’: Going Slow to Go Fast, which specifically focuses on foundational literacy and numeracy as well as English-Language acquisition

• Read the 74 Million’s article: Steiner & Wilson: Case Study — Some Tough Questions, and Some Answers, About Fighting COVID Slide While Accelerating Student Learning

• Read NAEYC’s article: From Circle Time to Small Groups: Meeting Children’s Needs

• Read Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children to learn what Loose Parts are and why they can be valuable tools in the classroom (this is a companion article to the book referenced above)

• Read The Magic of Using Loose Parts to Learn New Cultures

Read Ed Week’s article: Let’s Focus on Quality of Instruction Rather Than Quantity

• Read K-12 Dive: Reading tutors help prepare early learners for kindergarten

• Read the 74 Million’s article on additional summer instruction time: Cleveland’s Kinder, Gentler Summer School: District Mixes Pure Academics With Enrichment Activities to Entice Kids Back to Class after COVID Struggles

• Read NAEYC’s articles: Quick and Easy Notes: Practical Strategies for Busy Teachers and Assessment in Kindergarten: Meeting Children Where They Are

• Read EdWeek’s article: ‘Prevention Is the Best Way to Support Long-Term English-Learner Students’

• Review EdWeek’s article: The Tough Task Ahead for 1st Grade Teachers

• Review the 74 Million's analysis: Pittman & Darling-Hammond: Surveys Find Parents Want Bold Changes in Schools — With More Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom

• Review Turnaround for Children’s blog post, Design Principles for Schools: Five Tools to Help You Build Trusting Relationships with Your Students