There is research showing that there are numerous benefits for a low-income child to attend a Head Start program, though these effects are less clear as the child ages.
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Reading together and taking an interest in homework makes a difference to young children’s learning.
The use of polluting household fuels and gas was associated with an increased likelihood of eczema, followed by severe asthma symptoms.
The child care system is facing serious challenges. It’s not clear that changing the funding model would help.
The most commonly reported incident type was ‘injury, illness, or trauma’, which accounted for almost 80% of reports.
Younger and more diverse teachers reported higher rates of bullying and discrimination by their colleagues. This can also affect the kids they care for.
There is no need to discourage finger counting at any time. Children naturally stop using their fingers when they no longer need them.
An Australian study suggests early education is not making as much of a difference as it should when it comes to young children’s development and learning.
A bill that will strip funding from shonky providers is expected to pass parliament this week. But it falls short in a number of ways.
In the early 2000s, we tested a new curriculum on more than 200 students. Here’s what we found when we met the students again, two decades later.
The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
The families who rely on early childhood services will likely appreciate the skills and professionalism involved. But as a community, we do not value this work.
Children are often allowed to freely explore their identities in early childhood services. But when they get to school, they are categorised as ‘boys’ or ‘girls’.
In a bush kinder young children are regularly taken into the natural environment.
Despite a huge investment in preschool funding, school readiness scores have remained flat for more than a decade.
People, policies, practice and place all matter in publicly funded, school-based children’s early learning programs.
The pandemic has meant some parents have to just drop their young children at the gate and go, without seeing the classroom and talking to teachers.
Canada has much to learn from other countries about better ways of providing learning and care for children.
The core principle of education is to enable students to become kind, giving and contributing members of their community and the world.
The system has several elements and many problems. Making it fit for purpose will take a lot of work and even more resources than those that have just been announced.
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Policy, Victoria University
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Former Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Victoria University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor and Head of School, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor of Education Finance and Policy, University of Washington
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Deakin University
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Director, Peter Noonan Policy Impact Program, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Economics and Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, City St George's, University of London