S.C. rated 4th-highest in U.S. for rural schools’ needs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2017 Contact: Megan Carolan, mcarolan@instititeforchildsuccess.org, (908) 418-1684 Or Alan Richard, press@instituteforchildsuccess.org, (202) 641-1300 WASHINGTON—South Carolina has some of the nation’s neediest rural schools and lowest achievement…
by Katherine Klem, Director Policy Innovation and Impact The Institute for Child Success (ICS) is proud to announce an exciting result of a feasibility study it coached in Tempe, Arizona: Tempe has decided to expand free high-quality preschool! With funds from…
by Megan Carolan, Director for Policy Research Last fall, ICS released a paper looking at Head Start specifically in the South, comparing the program both to national statistics as well as looking at differences by state in the region. Because…
If you were feeling down about national political divisions these days, you should have been at ICS’s #SmallTalks event in Greenville, S.C., the evening of Feb. 22. National early childhood experts and innovators joined ICS for a panel discussion on…
Keller Anne Ruble, Associate for Policy Research What would you do with an extra $1,000 at tax time? Buy that new 4K TV you’ve been eyeing? Take an awesome vacation and relax? For many working families, tax time doesn’t afford…
How can educators, health leaders and communities help more parents learn to work with their children to prepare them to be healthy, and for school and life? That was a key question on Day 2 of ICS’s fourth annual Early…
The significance of the moment for ICS and its partners was not lost on the roughly 230 people gathered in Charlotte this week for the 4th annual ICS Early Childhood Research Symposium. After touring the expanding early childhood services in…
By Megan Carolan, Associate Director for Policy Research Early childhood educators and child care providers face low wages that hurt the future of the early childhood field, according to a new report from the Center for the Study of Child…
Last month, the Institute for Child Success, ReadyNation, and the Sorenson Impact Center hosted the Third Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact Performance Advisors in Denver. The event convened nearly 300 advocates, policymakers, researchers, and funders to discuss trends and…
Notes from a Fellow: This is the third post from Jostin Grimes, a summer fellow with ICS through the Southern Education Leadership Initiative. Throughout the summer, Jostin will share reflections on his experience at ICS, thoughts on the field, and updates…