In this issue, we'll focus on the impacts of alignment in education systems. Strong alignment among all of an education system's components — school structures, policies, practices and curricula — is fundamental to ensuring that young children meet their learning goals and build on those gains.  This month, Early Learning Network teams break down what we're learning about this important cross-cutting theme and why it matters. Read more below.

Alignment

Emerging theme: Alignment - Early Learning Network What does alignment mean in the context of early learning? Alignment relates to the distance between the programs children are exposed to in pre-K and those they are exposed to in elementary school. In other words, it indicates how well an... 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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