At DEL we’re all about those results boss
We (the Department of Early Learning) published an outcomes report on the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (or ECEAP) last week. ECEAP is, despite its horribleness as an acronym,...
View ArticleHome Visiting
The New York Times has a great article in the Magazine today by Paul Tough, the author of “Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why.” In it he talks about “Home Visiting,” one of the key strategies...
View ArticleHow to talk to your kids about the Orlando shooting
Time Magazine had a nice article today about how you might talk to your kids about the Orlando shooting. They suggest different messages for different age kids. The preschool one is pretty simple: For...
View ArticleGreat New Report on WA State Preschool Program
The Learning Policy Institute, run by Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, released a report yesterday that talks a lot about the quality of Washington’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP),...
View ArticleHome visiting in Chinese!
And Vietnamese… Frank Ordway (DEL Assistant Director) and I met with a great group of home visitors last week at the Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) in Seattle. We are the tall guys at...
View ArticleCensorship for Preschoolers?
I got a letter last week from an organization opposed to censorship. They were concerned about some language in one part of our “Early Achievers” rating system for childcare quality that has led some...
View ArticleTranparency Provides Clarity
Sorry for the worst headline ever. Click here for the video above. This article in the Huffington Post from Allan Golston, President of US Programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation touches on...
View ArticleMama Yaya meets Governor Inslee and Results Washington
Amelia Cruz, the owner and operator of Mama Yaya’s Child Care in Lacey was our guest at the Results Washington meeting yesterday. Results Washington is responsible for implementing Governor Inslee’s...
View ArticleDosage Matters for Washington’s Preschool Kids!
Our goal as an agency is to get 90% of Washington’s children to be “ready for kindergarten,” and to have race and family income not be predictors of readiness. About 20% of Washington’s children are...
View ArticleA new department to better serve children, youth, and families
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Thursday to restructure how the state serves at-risk children and youth by creating the Department of Children, Youth and Families. The governor also appointed Ross...
View ArticleHard to imagine…
In the Chronicle of Social Change Jerry Milner, Donald Trump’s appointment to the federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that oversees federal child welfare funding and...
View ArticleChildren’s Alliance Hiring Early Learning Policy Staff
I just got the following mail from Jon Gould, the Deputy Director at the Children’s Alliance about positions there. Children’s Alliance is hiring an Early Learning Policy Director and a Pre-K Policy...
View ArticleGreat Seattle Times Article on Racial Disproportionality in Education
The Seattle Times has a great article in today’s paper on racial disproportionality in outcomes for kids in the Seattle School District. The article talks about efforts to change things and makes a...
View ArticleBlack History Month
February is Black History Month. As a late-stage boomer, I got almost none of this history in school, despite growing up in a majority Black city (Philadelphia) and a big academic focus on American...
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