May 2020

In this issue, Early Learning Network researchers honor the life and legacy of Carol McDonald Connor, Ph.D., chancellor’s professor in the University of California, Irvine’s School of Education and renowned education psychologist. Read more about Carol and the significant ways she impacted the network and the field of early childhood research.

Remembering Carol Connor

Honoring the life and legacy of Carol Connor Early Learning Network principal investigator Carol McDonald Connor, Ph.D. will have a lasting legacy through her distinguished contributions to early learning practice and research, and the indelible impact she made on the many researchers,... Read more earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu

Spanish-language webinar addresses the transition to kindergarten amid COVID-19

Video available: Spanish-language webinar for parents Ximena Franco, Ph.D., a researcher from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, led a May 21 webinar in Spanish based on the network's recent COVID-19 blog series... Read more earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu

The Early Learning Network, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences , leverages its expertise, resources and geographic diversity to help close the achievement gap and maintain early learning success as children transition from preschool to third grade. Together, network researchers from universities and organizations across the U.S. are examining current policies and practices, identifying malleable factors associated with early learning and achievement and developing tools to assess early learning instruction, interactions and environments. Learn more at earlylearningnetwork.unl.edu.

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