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Resource Page – Whole Child P-3 Systems

In December 2019, Education Commission of the States hosted a policy symposium for national experts and state leaders working to develop integrated Preschool through Third Grade (P-3) systems. The resources listed below are designed to foster a whole child approach to learning and health.

State Levers and Resources

• A Whole Child Approach to School Improvement Under ESSA (Communities in Schools & Learning Policy Institute)
• 2019 Community Matters Report (Communities in Schools) 
• Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade: A Policymaker’s Guide (Education Commission of the States)
• The KLC Leadership Framework (Kansas Leadership Center)
• State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning (KnowledgeWorks)
• Foundations for Flourishing Futures: A Look Ahead for Young Children and Families (KnowledgeWorks)
• Framework for Planning, Implementing and Evaluating P-3 Approaches (National P-3 Center)
• The Current Landscape of School District and Charter Policies that Support Healthy Schools (School Year 2017-18) (Child Trends and Institute for Health Research and Policy)

Critical Issues

Social Emotional Learning:

• Collaborating States Initiative and Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs (CASEL) 
• An Overview of Social and Emotional Learning (Communities in Schools)
• Building Social and Emotional Skills in Afterschool Programs: A Literature Review (NCSL)
• A Policy Agenda in Support of How Learning Happens (National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development)

Governance:

• A Framework for Choosing a State-Level Early Childhood Governance System (BUILD Initiative) 
• Education Trends Report: Governance in Early Childhood Education (Education Commission of the States)
• Why the K-12 World Hasn’t Embraced Early Learning (Foresight Law & Policy)

Dual Language Learners:

• Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English (National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine)
• High-quality Early Learning: Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers (Brief)
• Early Childhood Essentials: A Framework for Aligning Child Skills and Educator Competencies (Learning Policy Institute)

Health:

• Health Barriers to Learning (Children’s Health Fund)
• State Education Policy that Supports Student Health (Healthy Schools Campaign)

Equity:

• Equity in Education: Key Questions to Consider (Education Commission of the States)

Assessment:

• 50-State Comparison: State Summative Assessments (Education Commission of the States)
• Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade: A Policymaker’s Guide (Education Commission of the States)

Teachers and leaders:

• Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018 (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment)
• Building a Qualified and Supported Early Care and Education Workforce (NCSL)
• Strengthening Reading Instruction (NCTQ Databurst)
• L.E.A.D. Early Childhood Clearinghouse (The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership)
• Six Essential Policy Areas of an ECE Professional Development System (NAEYC)

ACES/discipline:

• The Status of School Discipline in State Policy (Education Commission of the States)
• School Discipline Practices: A Public Health Crisis and Opportunity for Reform (Change Lab Solutions)
• States Take on Discipline in Preschool through Third Grade (NCSL)
• Opportunity Suspended (Communities in Schools)

Alignment and transitions:

• Transitions and Alignment from Preschool to Kindergarten (Education Commission of the States)
• Using Local, State and Federal Dollars to Improve Pre-K to K Transitions (New America)
• Moving into Kindergarten: How Schools and Districts are Connecting the Steps for Children and Families (New America)
• Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center (University of Texas Austin)

Presentation Slides

• A P-3 Approach (National P-3 Center, Kristie Kauerz)
• Whole Child Birth-8: Anchoring Concepts (National P-3 Center, Kristie Kauerz)
• Integrated Student Supports (Communities in Schools, Dale Erquiaga)
• Foundations for Flourishing Futures (KnowledgeWorks, Lillian Pace)
• Educating the Whole Child (Learning Policy Institute, Linda Darling Hammond)

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