Author: Nancy Perez

Improving Participation in High-Quality Early Care and Education for Young Arkansas Children: Perspectives of Resource Parents and Early Childhood Educators

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Kirby Chow, Sheila Smith, Nancy Perez, Maribel R. Granja, Todd Grindal, Nicola Connors Edge
Project Improving Participation of Children in Foster Care in Stable, High Quality Early Care and Education;
Publication Type Report
Post date December 1, 2023

High-quality early care and education (ECE) provides a developmentally supportive environment for children in foster care that can help address early adversities, but recent studies have shown low levels of ECE participation among these children (Klein et al., 2016; Lee, 2020). To address this important issue, the Arkansas Office of Early Childhood (OEC) is collaborating […]

Early Childhood Education Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Arkansas Educators

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Sheila Smith, Jennifer Nakamura, Maribel R. Granja, Kirby Chow, Todd Grindal, Nancy Perez
Project Arkansas’ Implementation of Suspension and Expulsion Reduction Policies (ARISE);
Publication Type Report
Post date May 25, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the experiences of young children and their caregivers over the past year. SRI Education and the National Center on Children in Poverty partnered with the Arkansas Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) to examine early care and education programs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief, which represents the second of two reports, shares […]