Uniting the Best of Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education

 

 

FirstSchool is a pre-K–grade 3 initiative led by FPG and the UNC-CH School of Education to promote public school efforts to become more responsive to the needs of an increasingly younger, more diverse population. To create a seamless transition for children in pre-kindergarten through third grade schools need to unite the best of early childhood, elementary and special education.

Read more about FirstSchool in the Winter 2008 issue of Early Developments.

A new series of brief reports, Issues in Pre-K-3rd Education, discusses many of the key elements that schools, administrators, and policymakers need to address as they move forward in their pre-K through third grade efforts.

• What is FirstSchool?
• Financing Services for 3-and 4-Year Olds in a P–3 School
• FirstSchool Learning Environments: Supporting Relationships
• Using Developmental Science to Transform Children’s Early School Experiences
• Time is of the Essence
• Issues in Education for Children Three to Eight in Six Countries
• Framework for Curriculum and Instruction
• 21st Century Teacher Education for FirstSchool: A Model of Collaborative Inquiry

New topics will be added on an ongoing basis. Sign-up for alerts to be notified when these issues become available.

 

FirstSchool has received financial support from the Foundation for Child Development, FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and private donors.