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ECE Advocacy 101: You're At The Table Or On The Menu

There are so many challenges that hinder ECE professionals from successfully advocating for continued support, that many are inclined to simply not participate. However,

Early Childhood Education:The Road Ahead

Early childhood educators are accustomed to being ignored by policy makes and even the rest of the education profession. Perhaps this will change as a result of The Depar

Strategies for Supporting Dual Language Learners

The ability to teach dual language learners is becoming increasing important as our demographics shift across the nation. In this segment our guest clarifies misconceptio

Who Will Save Kindergarten?

Our guest continues to sound the alarm that play in being pushed out of kindergarten to the detriment of the children. In the segment Vivian offers suggestion for pushing

How Federal Policies Affect Early Childhood

Federal spending has a profound impact on early childhood programs. With significant budget cuts looming, we talk this month about how early childhood educators can use t

How to Begin Teaching Physics in Early Childhood

Is there a place for physics and science in early childhood education? Our guests say the answer is an unequivocal yes and share insights about how to begin to introduce

Helping Children to Love and Do Well at Math

Our guest asserts that everyone can be good at math. In this segment we discuss how educators and parents can develop a love and ability for math in young children.

Childhood Obesity: Early Intervention Strategies

Early child care providers and early education professionals are well positioned to tackle the child obesity pandemic through early intervention. In this segment our gue

What Is Developmentally Appropriate Math For Very Young Children?

The question of teaching math to very young children sits right in the middle of the early academics debate. Our guest says that early math is critical to academic succe

Building Relationships with Challenging Children

This segment is about that "special child" in your class. They don't do what you want them to do, they do what you don't want them to do and you don't know what to do abo

Creating Emotionally Literate Schools

Marc Brackett argues that emotional literacy is critical to productive teaching environments. Yet bracket asserts that most of us have a deficient emotional vocabulary an

Changing of the Guard

Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D. has been promoted to Executive Director Designate of the Association. Daniel will replace outgoing Executive Director, Mark R. Ginsberg, Ph.D. on Ju

3 Causes of Teacher Burnout

Teacher burnout is a large problem that contributes to high turnover among early childhood professionals. This segment identifies the causes, how to spot the indicators a

Curtailing High Turn Over Among Early Childhood Educators

This month we discuss the causes and consequences of high turnover among early childhood educators and more importantly what can be done to retain staff. Holly Elissa Bru

Underpaid Early Childhood Workers: Finding the path to better pay.

A teacher in a preschool with a bachelors degree typically earns $10-15k less a year than a kindergarten teacher with similar preparations. IThis segment discuss new insi

Creating a Safe Emotional Climate for Children

Bullying behavior is a perennial challenge for educators. Bullying impacts the bully, the bullied and the community. In this segment Jean Schreiber talks about how to hel

Can Digital Media Enhance Learning?

Computers, Internet, television, Twitter, iPods, can these technologies really enhance early childhood learning? In the NAEYC Radio segment , the Corporation for Public B

How to Better Serve All Children

Luis A. Hernandez has spent a career working on the fundamentals of developing happy, joyful children who grow up to be lifelong learners and good citizens . Hernandez ta

Where Are All of The Men?

Bryan Nelson says there are several reasons why there are so few men in early childhood education. Bryan explains why the lack of males is a significant problem and detai

Why Educators Are Losing Boys, How to Get Them Back

In this fascinating discussion, Larry Griffin asserts that the number of boys who are unmotivated and underachieving is growing. He has identified five reasons why educat