When people think about preparing children for school, they often picture flashcards, alphabet songs, and early literacy activities.
But one of the strongest predictors of a child’s future success is something much simpler:
A conversation.
When people think about preparing children for school, they often picture flashcards, alphabet songs, and early literacy activities.
But one of the strongest predictors of a child’s future success is something much simpler:
A conversation.
Every state’s quality system is designed to answer an important question: is a program providing high-quality care and learning experiences for children?
Yet quality is a moving target — in how it’s defined, how it’s measured, how it’s communicated, what it means for children in the classroom. As states evolve their approaches – some using rating systems and others emphasizing continuous quality improvement – understanding the indicators that matter most has never been more important.