QRIS: Moving from What to Why and How?
Sherri Killins, ConsultantBUILD InitiativeTo what extent should program standards, known as QRIS, seek to define program quality by including health, safety and business practices of early childhood...
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Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood DevelopmentAdministration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Debi Mathias, DirectorQRIS National Learning NetworkThere has been a great deal of discussion about the Science magazine article “Can Policy-Relevant Ratings of Pre-K Programs Predict Children's...
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Joan Lombardi, Ph.D.Director, Early Opportunities LLCHeading into the 2008 election, I remember a small group meeting of advocates talking about what really needed to happen next in early childhood...
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With BUILD’s emphasis on helping early learning leaders improve their quality improvement systems, Executive Director Susan Hibbard was pleased to be interviewed recently by The Colorado Independent on...
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