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This blog explains Abt’s approach to identifying the core components of effective programs and translating those core components into practice recommendations.

Cara Jackson offers tips on using evidence-informed resources to help states, districts, & schools improve literacy instruction. 

This blog asks how we can promote attendance in Head Start, which expands access to early care and education for children from low-income households.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

The blog explores the challenge of Head Start's teacher shortage amid the “back to school” season, and the need to address fair compensation for educators.

Public charter schools may operate independently of local district requirements, but a systems-thinking approach to leadership development still makes sense.

Child care providers provide vital, professional services that have a real impact on families; this blog explains why we need to compensate them accordingly.

Funding for the Full Service Community Schools Program has doubled, so we’re offering three tips to make the most of this approach to support the whole child.

Abt’s Cara Jackson offers three tips to help educators determine if year-round instruction is desirable—and feasible—for their students.