Early educators are the key ingredient in high-quality early care and education (ECE)
experiences for young children (IOM & NRC, 2015). Their interactions with children …

As linguistic diversity increases in the US, it is essential for pre-kindergarten (pre-k)
programs to expand their capacity to serve families whose home languages are not English …

Objective: Primary caregivers (eg, parents, grandparents, other family members) from low-
income and ethnically minoritized families tend to face a host of barriers when participating …

Prior research has indicated that both mainstream (eg, positive classroom behavior
management) and culturally responsive teaching practices (eg, cultural socialization in the …

Within a national sample of Spanish-English dual language learner (DLL) children enrolled
in Head Start, this study examined how classroom language context and emotional support …

The leaders of child care centers shape the everyday experiences of child care teachers,
who play a critical role in supporting young children. While research has linked leadership to …

Hispanic/Latine dual language learners (DLLs)-Hispanic/Latine children who speak
languages besides English at home-compose 20% of the US young child population. Yet …

The purpose of this study was to explore whether evidence that children have significantly
higher achievement and more positive relationships with their teachers when assigned to a …

Distintos estudios muestran los beneficios de unas buenas relaciones entre docentes y
familias, particularmente en situaciones caracterizadas por una elevada diversidad social y …

This report describes teacher turnover over an eight-month period in a sample of over 1,000
Virginia child care teachers.• Nearly one in four teachers left their child care center during an …