Massachusetts is awarded $250 million in Race to the Top competition! Read the full article from the Boston Globe here.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) announces the public review period for Early Childhood Generalist Standards and Middle Childhood Generalist Standards. Click Here for more information!

Yet another article about our Wean Scholars at the 2010 Principals Conference in Ohio. Click here!

One more great article about our Wean Scholars in Ohio!  Click here for the full story.

On July 19, 2010, Tribune Chronicle ran an article highlighting CAYL's Wean Scholars. They spoke about their attendance at the CAYL National Principal's Conference and about getting schools ready for young learners. Please click here to read the article.

Early Childhood Education Specialist (and CAYL Conference Panelist) Luis Hernandez wrote a letter to the editor of USA Today disagreeing with their editorial on Head Start. Click here to read his letter.

Jeri Robinson (CAYL Fellow 2004) was featured in The Boston Globe's article titled " Changing Focus to Fit the Times". The article highlights various upgrades that the museum has been making. Check out the article here.

Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director of the National Head Start Association and CAYL Board Member, wrote an op-ed in USA Today titled "Opposing view on early education: Significant dividends" Click here to read.

Ellison Parks Early Education School, led by CAYL Principal Fellow Nora Toney, has earned NAEYC accreditation. Congratulations!

The May 2010 issue of Young Children features an article titled "How We Advocated for Gender Diversity in the Early Childhood Workforce." The article was written by 2008 CAYL Schott Fellows Just Holm, Rolland Janairo, Theresa Jordan, and Nida Wright (NAEYC membership required to view article.)

CAYL Nellie Mae Scholar Jillayne Flanders has been named Massachusetts Outstanding Principal of the Year. Her award was presented on May 5, 2010 by Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Congratulations!

On May 1, 2010, the CAYL Institute held a roundtable titled Teaching, Testing, Learning, and Leading. Click here to see what was discussed and to download materials.

Scholastic's website has an article titled "Mr. Teacher," which describes the lack of male teachers in schools. CAYL President Valora Washington is quoted.

The New America Foundation released a report titled  A Next Social Contract for the Primary Years of Education, which recommends policy frameworks to create PreK-3^rd approaches that fix our fragmented educational pipeline.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report titled Overview of K-12 and Early Childhood Education Programs. The report is intended to brief legistlators about the federal expenditure on K-12 and early childhood education programs.

The Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation released a report titled, "Steps Forward," written by CAYL President Valora Washington. The reports discusses the need for better college-level training and higher salaries for Michigan students who want to enter the early childhood profession, and the barriers that prevent that from happening.

Worcester Magazine highlighted 2009 CAYL Schott Fellow Isabel Gonzalez in an article titled, "Big Thinkers." Isabel is featured in the section "The Inside Outsider."

The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released a report titled "An Unstable Ladder: How the Fiscal Crisis is Threatening Education and Work Support Programs for Many Women." This report examines how these programs support the participation of women in the workforce, and how they have been affected by state budget cuts.

Today, the Boston Globe has printed two articles relative to education. The first, House swiftly OKs sweeping education measure, reports that the state House of Representatives passed an education bill that aims to overhaul the state’s worst schools and expand charter schools. The second, A rescue mission for education, is an editorial by Governor Deval Patrick.

An article in the New York Times discusses the brain development of preschool-aged children and how teachers can help them achieve optimal brain development. To read the article, please click here.