Early Years

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Poverty up to age 2 worsens school outcomes, finds new Israeli study
Children who lived in poverty up to age 2 go on to do less well in school, according to new research conducted…
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Case studies on scaling early years initiatives
The first three in a series of 15 case studies on scaling early years initiatives have now been published. Conducted by researchers…
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How an international expert can inject inspiration: Patricia Kuhl visits Israel
It’s one thing to read about new developments in brain science and what they mean for how we should support parents. It’s…
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Six new case studies on how countries support early childhood workers
We funded the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative to develop six country briefs which highlight efforts to support the workforce across different geographies…
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Covering the Syrian Refugee Crisis – highlights from the Dart journalism training workshop in Amman
UNHCR tells us that more than 5.6 million people have fled Syria since the onset of the civil war in 2011, seeking…
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Apolitical launches newsfeed on early childhood policy
Apolitical has launched its ‘early childhood global policy topic’, a newsfeed dedicated to early childhood policy on their global peer-to-peer platform, with…
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The Need to Double Down
Read Michael Feigelson and Elvira Thissen’s contribution to ‘Finding, Funding, and Scaling’ winter supplement of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, writing about The…
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The role of journalists in highlighting early childhood solutions
In late June, when the press was talking about toxic stress and the long-lasting negative impacts of separating children from their parents…
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Quartz publishes a series of articles on early childhood
“Economists have joined the neuroscientists, arguing—with data—that investing in early childhood is the most cost-effective way to affect long-term outcomes like education…
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Apolitical puts the spotlight on scaling social impact
We have been working with Apolitical, a platform for public servants, on a series of articles about scaling social impact (scaling up programmes…
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Nurturing care: the role of the education sector
A new year brings predictions. Here is mine: in 2018 the momentum around early childhood development will continue to build. No surprise,…
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Early Childhood Development and the Future of Latin America
The early childhood development agenda just received a major boost in Latin America. On November 15 and 16, the First Latin American…