Thinking Outside the Box on Construction Costs: Pay for Success and Facilities Funding
In our recent blog on the Legacy Early College project, we detailed some of the attributes which make the Legacy school in Greenville, SC a unique opportunity for PFS – namely, its focus on college readiness even beginning in early…
Parents Beware: Manufacturers’ Safety Claims May Not Measure Up
Press Release: Natural Playground Brings European Flair to Nicholtown Community
Outdoor Learning: I’m not just an author – I’m our biggest customer!
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research Last week, we released a new brief on Outdoor Learning, building from the learnings of our recent Childhood, Unplugged event in Denver. I was delighted to co-author this brief, along with Mary MacKenzie,…
Extended family living: Can a fuller house improve child outcomes?
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research As another season of Fuller House debuted this month, viewers like myself who grew up on the original may find themselves focusing on a background character: the house. Throughout the original show and…
The Power of a Continuum of Services for Children and Families
by Megan Carolan, Director for Policy Research Last month, ICS shared the news that we’ve received funds from the Nonprofit Finance Fund to continue working with partners in Spartanburg, South Carolina around improved outcomes for families and children through the…
Leaders weigh issues around ‘Race, Justice and the Young Child’
They gathered in an unlikely location, the former Middleton Place plantation in Charleston, S.C., in October for ICS’s Race, Justice and the Young Child leadership seminar: social workers, poets, childcare providers, child abuse prevention advocates, policymakers, and other leaders passionate…
Leading For Excellence In Early Childhood Development
By Megan Carolan Earlier this month, I attended the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcome’s (CEELO) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS-SDE) annual roundtable. This year’s theme, “Leading for excellence: Building key…
Reflections On “The Future of Early Childhood Development” Emerging Leaders Retreat
Reflections on “The Future of Early Childhood Development” Emerging Leaders Retreat Building on an ECD Design Blitz hosted in October 2014, the Institute for Child Success partnered with learning and leadership design firm, Openfields, to empower leaders in ECD with…