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Sharon Wolf; Elisabetta Aurino; Noelle M. Suntheimer; Esinam A. Avornyo; Edward Tsinigo; Jere R. Behrman; J. Lawrence Aber – Child Development, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to extended school closures globally. Access to remote learning opportunities during this time was vastly unequal within and across countries. Higher-quality early childhood education (ECE) can improve later academic outcomes, but longer-term effects during crises are unknown. This study provides the first experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Distance Education, COVID-19
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Sharon Wolf; Elisabetta Aurino; Noelle Suntheimer; Esinam Avornyo; Edward Tsinigo; Jere Behrman; J. Lawrence Aber – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background/Context: The COVID-19 pandemic led to historically unparalleled global school closures, increasing risks to child development through inadequate access to learning at school and increased poverty and food insecurity (Egger et al., 2021). Robust evidence shows that attending high-quality ECE improves short- and longer-term outcomes for…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
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Benner, Allison; Pence, Alan – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
Since 2000, the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) has offered graduate-level programs in sub-Saharan Africa. These programs have been highly successful in creating a cadre of early childhood development (ECD) leaders in countries throughout Africa. When ECDVU was launched, the program was considered to be at the cutting edge…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies