This blog series, “Stronger Teaching and Caregiving for California’s Youngest,” examines teaching and caregiving in California through a broad lens. Written by policy analysts from New America and journalists from HiredPen, we explore policy and practice challenges and solutions to improving teaching and caregiving in the state. Topics in this ongoing series include budget analysis, policies for dual-language learners, and partnerships to improve training and professional development for all of the adults who work with young children in California’s communities. We examine how communities are working to provide support to informal care providers, look up close at how some districts in the state are providing unique training for principals to give them a deeper understanding of early child development. And much more.
San Jose
- Investments in Teacher Training Pay Off During the Pandemic by Sarah Jackson - March 22, 2021
- Stay and Play—and Learn—at the Library by Lisa Guernsey and Sarah Jackson - November 1, 2019
- Questions for California School Leaders: Juan Cruz on Training Teachers to Teach the Whole Child by Sarah Jackson - February 27, 2019
- In California, Supporting Adults to Support Children by Sarah Jackson - February 1, 2019
- Why Training Teachers in Social and Emotional Learning is Just as Important as the ABC's by Sarah Jackson - September 5, 2017
- Barely Hanging On: The Acrobatics of Funding High Quality Care for Young Children by Sarah Jackson - November 8, 2016
- Focus: San Jose by Sarah Jackson and her California team at HiredPen - March 2016
Fresno
- How the Language Learning Project Trains California's Teachers and Caregivers to Support DLLs by Sarah Jackson - April 13, 2020
- 'A Huge Shift': How California is Making Up For 20 Years of English-Only Education by Sarah Jackson - May 3, 2019
- Questions for California School Leaders: Erica Piedra on Finding and Training Bilingual Teachers in the Central Valley by Sarah Jackson - March 19, 2019
- In California, Supporting Adults to Support Children by Sarah Jackson - February 1, 2019
- 'We Knew We Had to Grow Our Own’ by Sarah Jackson - October 13, 2017
- How Educators in Fresno Are Working Together to Support Young, Dual Language Learners by Sarah Jackson - January 30, 2017
- Home-Based Care Providers are Teachers Too by Sarah Jackson - August 22, 2016
- Principals Go Back to Kindergarten by Sarah Jackson - May 6, 2016
- Focus: Fresno by Sarah Jackson and her California team at HiredPen - March 2016
Oakland
- Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms by LaWanda Wesley and Sarah Jackson - April 5, 2022
- Back to School in a Pandemic: How Oakland Unified is Supporting Kindergarteners by Sarah Jackson - August 10, 2021
- To Help Young Boys of Color, Oakland Looks to Leadership from their Parents by Sarah Jackson - November 6, 2019
- Questions for California School Leaders: LaWanda Wesley on Supporting Teacher Well-Being in Oakland by Sarah Jackson - July 15, 2019
- Seeing a Birth of Hope: Training Teachers in Trauma-Informed Classroom Practice by Sarah Jackson - July 3, 2019
- In California, Supporting Adults to Support Children by Sarah Jackson - February 1, 2019
- Early Childhood Teachers Need More Paid Time for Their Professional Responsibilities by Sarah Jackson - May 15, 2017
- For One Principal, A Unified Vision of Elementary School That Includes Infants and Toddlers by Sarah Jackson - March 31, 2017
- Focus: Oakland by Sarah Jackson and her California team at HiredPen - March 2016
Across California
- The Impact of Strong District Leadership in Early Childhood by Sarah Jackson - September 28, 2023
- Building Pathways to Earning California's PK-3 Credential by Nicole Hsu - November 9, 2022
- Meeting Demand for California's New Public Pre-K Jobs by Sarah Jackson - November 4, 2022
- Supporting Our Youngest Dual Language Learners by Nicole Hsu - September 1, 2022
- The Impact of Teacher Turnover and Substitute Shortages on Young Children by Sarah Jackson - July 18, 2022
- California Budget Makes Key Investments in Early Education by Aaron Loewenberg - July 11, 2022
- Pandemic Kindergartners Need Extra Support in First Grade by Sarah Jackson - May 13, 2022
- Who Should Teach in California's New Pre-K Classrooms? by Sarah Jackson - December 1, 2021
- Who's Helping Families Recover? by Sarah Jackson - October 29, 2021
- Including Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care in California's Vision for Early Childhood Reform by Sarah Jackson - October 21, 2021
- Early Childhood Educators Hungry for Strategies to Support State's Growing Population of Multilingual Children by Sarah Jackson - August 31, 2021
- How California Schools Should Welcome Kindergartners Post Pandemic by Sarah Jackson - July 13, 2021
- California's Master Plan for Early Learning and Care by Cara Sklar - March 15, 2021
- Uncovering Challenges with Assessment in the California Dual Language Learner Pilot Study by Elise Franchino - March 1, 2021
- California Governor Proposes Expanding Public Pre-K, Dollars for School Reopening by Sarah Jackson - January 24, 2021
- The 'Trial and Error' of Teaching Pre-K Special Education in a Pandemic by Sarah Jackson - November 30, 2020
- New Survey Highlights Impact of COVID-19 on Young DLLs in California by Aaron Loewenberg - October 7, 2020
- The Struggle to Reopen Family Child Care by Sarah Jackson - September 24, 2020
- When Grandma Becomes an Early Childhood Educator by Sarah Jackson - June 17, 2020
- How COVID-19 is Impacting California's DLL-focused Professional Development Program by Amaya Garcia - June 1, 2020
- California Boosts Training for Teachers and Higher Education Faculty to Meet the Needs of Dual Language Learners by Sarah Jackson - May 18, 2020
- With School Cancelled, Pre-K Teachers in California Worry about the Well-Being of Their Students by Sarah Jackson - May 5, 2020
- California Invests to Improve Preschool Instruction for Dual Language Learners by Sarah Jackson - May 4, 2020
- Caring for Children of Healthcare Workers by Sarah Jackson - April 15, 2020
- Online Courses Help Teachers Learn Strategies for Supporting DLLs by Sarah Jackson - March 30, 2020
- California Builds the Capacity of its Teachers to Better Serve DLLs by Sarah Jackson - March 16, 2020
- Newsom's Budget Builds on California's Early Education Momentum by Aaron Loewenberg - March 4, 2020
- Report Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for PreK-3rd Alignment by Aaron Loewenberg - February 18, 2020
- An Apprenticeship in California Designed for Family Child Care Providers by Elise Franchino - January 21, 2020
- Home Visits, Universal Pre-K, and Trauma-Informed Care... California Dreams Big for Families by Elise Franchino - July 22, 2019
- A New Day in California: Training Teachers to Support Bilingualism by Sarah Jackson - June 11, 2019
- California Strikes Gold: Governor Calls for $2 Billion Investment in Early Education by Cara Sklar - February 19, 2019
- California Forum Highlights Policies for Improving Early Learning in the State by Lisa Guernsey - February 4, 2019
- Newly Elected Governors Make Early Education A Priority by Aaron Loewenberg - November 12, 2018
- California's Call to Action: Helping More Students Become Bilingual by Amaya Garcia - August 8, 2018
- Learning from California by Sarah Jackson - June 26, 2018
- How Does California Pre-K Measure Up? by Aaron Loewenberg - May 4, 2018
- The Rickety Bureaucracy That Is Holding Up California's Early Education System by Anisha Ford - February 23, 2018
- A Head Start Apprenticeship in California Helps Child Care Workers by Sarah Jackson - January 30, 2018
- In California, Serving Bilingual Prekindergarteners Well is Crucial to the State's Future by Sarah Jackson- July 11, 2017
- California Pre-K Leading the Way in Access and Funding, Working to Improve Quality by Aaron Loewenberg- June 12, 2017
- 2017 State Pre-K Funding? Outlook Hazy by Abbie Lieberman- February 7, 2017
- Taking A Look at Transitional Kindergarten in California by Sarah Jackson - January 17, 2017
- New Research: Language, Mindsets, and Education Policy by Conor P. Williams - August 23, 2016
- A New Survey Upends Assumptions About How Low-Income Parents Prepare Young Children for School by Sarah Jackson - August 3, 2016
- Investing in Early Childhood in the Golden State by Sarah Jackson - July 19, 2016
- California Acts to Cultivate Bilingual Teaching Force by Natalie Orenstein - June 28, 2016
- California's Bilingual Education Ballot Initiative by Conor P. Williams - March 1, 2016
- Not Golden Yet: Building a Stronger Workforce for Young Children in California by Sarah Jackson - September 22, 2015
