The Learning Professional: April 2021 - Early Learning

This issue focuses on best practices in early learning and the vital connection between early childhood and K-12. Articles with field leaders include the following:

• Bridget Hamre: We need a shared vision for preK-3^rd grade teaching
• Tara-Lynn Scheffel & Lotje Hives: Shifting mindsets about educating young children
• Betsy Fox, Irma Jean Gaona, & Larrisa Wilkinson: Texas district learns the building blocks of pre-K
• Suzanne Bouffard: Early childhood coaching is a model for other grades
• Iheoma Iruka: Early learning and K-12 go hand in hand
• Abbie Lieberman: Discipline needs an overhaul
• Josephine Appleby & René Dillard: Nashville has a blueprint to address early literacy