In this issue, we're sharing some of our most popular blogs from the last year, as well as links to recently developed tools and resources, that highlight practices and policies to help children maintain early learning success and narrow achievement gaps.

As this tumultuous year winds down, we wish to express our gratitude for your continued engagement with the Early Learning Network and for all you do to support students and their learning.

We look forward to sharing more of our collective research findings with you in new and exciting ways in 2021. Best wishes for the holiday season!

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.