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Hao, Winona; Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2021
Teacher certificates often span broad grade bands, such as K-5, K-6, or even K-8. To earn these certificates, teacher candidates often spend more time learning content designed for older children and less on early childhood development and early literacy and numeracy. This issue of "State Innovations" highlights the Michigan State Board…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education, Special Education
Diamond-Berry, Kimberly; Ezeh, Nkechy – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) began as a year-long initiative to support early learning for very young children and families. The program has grown into a self-sustaining, nonprofit, place-based organization committed to improving the lives of children and families in the underresourced neighborhoods of Grand Rapids, MI.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Neighborhoods, Family Programs
Granja, Maribel R.; Smith, Sheila; McCann, Carey – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2020
Michigan policymakers have a long history of leadership in addressing the social-emotional needs of the state's infants and young children so that they can learn and thrive in their homes and in early care and education programs. Michigan leaders and stakeholders are now working to further strengthen a system of supports for young children's…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Child Care, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children, East Lansing. – 1998
Noting the important role that parents can play in preparing their child to learn to read, the Read, Educate and Develop Youth (READY) Reading Plan for Michigan provides kits to parents of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The kits contain suggestions for age-appropriate activities parents can do with their children to help them learn. In…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Day Care
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1991
This annual report examines the implications, for the state of Michigan, of Part H of the 1986 Amendments to the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and discusses the planning, development, and demonstration activities related to the implementation of the required components of the law. This legislation provides states with funding to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Community Services, Cooperative Planning
Lambie, Dolores Z.; And Others – 1974
This booklet describes and evaluates an experimental home teaching program based on Piagetian developmental theory. The project was designed to stimulate infants' cognitive development and help mothers become more effective teachers of their children. Sixty-five infants, primarily from low socioeconomic status homes, were enrolled in the program…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Home Programs