During the Summer of 2023, New York Works for Children surveyed a group of New York-based directors, teachers, and family child care providers with questions regarding the various benefits they may or may not receive. This data story will…

Children are not born harboring racial biases, but they are born learning. Young children, even infants, learn from the “mere observation” of other people’s behavior. Nonverbal signals of racial biases are abundant in children’s everyday social…

The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency™, Third Edition Brief Form (BOT™-3 Brief) provides a quick overview of gross and fine motor ability for children and young adults. (author abstract)

Enrolling in publicly funded early childhood programs in the U.S. often requires families to navigate a complex, multistep process. Families must pick a program, apply, verify their eligibility, and enroll. Prior research shows that families that…

One of the primary goals of early education is to promote overall school readiness, especially for children most at risk for educational challenges. However, there is a persistent disparity in equitable access to high quality early learning…

The purpose of this study was to critically examine 14 early educators’ descriptions of their classroom discipline policies and procedures. A DisCrit lens was utilized to investigate if and how multiply marginalized young children may still…

Attendance plays an important role in student academic success; yet few studies examine associations between preschool attendance rates and academic skills for children enrolled in early childhood programs. To address this gap, this population-…

This study addresses the issue of equitable access to early care and education (ECE) taking the state of Hawaiʻi as an example. We used spatially-based measures of demand-adjusted slots, cost burden relative to family income, and quality that…

Using an asset-based framework, this study examines the holistic developmental health outcomes of young English Learners (ELs) in the United States using the Early Development Instrument (EDI), stratified by first language and neighborhood risk…

The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency™, Third Edition (BOT™-3) is a versatile and comprehensive measure of gross and fine motor skills for children and young adults. (author abstract)

American children need access to high-quality early education. One limiting factor is the lack of professional development for the childcare workforce. This study examined the impact of a professional development model designed for teachers…

The main objectives of this landscape analysis are to (1) identify publicly available data sources that can be used to understand SACC topics (such as quality of services, need and demand for SACC, cost and payment supports, parent preferences,…

Early intervention (EI) services—including but not limited to speech, physical, occupational, and mental health therapies—have been proven to significantly benefit young children’s development, shaping their readiness for school and offering…