Feb 14, 2014 | ECA Take on Education
The goal of alignment planning is to sharpen and concretize the design and implementation of early education and care services to ensure a viable, cohesive, high quality, community-wide effort for young children. Based on our experience doing RTT-ELC (Race to the Top...
Feb 5, 2014 | ECA Take on Education
Happy New Year from Early Childhood Associates! January has been a busy month for our team. We thank our clients for the stimulating projects. While engrossed in our work, we have also kept an eye on national public policy. There have been two notable developments in...
Mar 21, 2013 | ECA Take on Education
ECA recently won a nationally competitive contract to update Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the State of Michigan’s Department of Education. ECA is reviewing and updating the CKCC to align the Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infants and...
Feb 20, 2013 | ECA Take on Education
A key factor in influencing the overall quality of an Early Childhood Education program, and ultimately child outcomes, is the quality of its educators. Children exposed to early educators with high pedagogical standards exhibit better Pre-K math skills and higher...
Apr 20, 2012 | ECA Take on Education
Linking specific practices with children’s learning is the heart of good teaching. Doing so effectively requires teachers to combine lots of knowledge. First, they have to understand child development and the milestones to strive for along the preschool continuum. ...
