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The FirstSchool partnership unites best practices of early childhood, elementary, and special education to promote high-quality PreK-3rd grade learning opportunities for African-American, Latino and low-income students.

Our research-based, collaborative framework improves school experiences by emphasizing 10 critical features:

Culturally responsive

Leadership that promotes and sustains change

Teacher preparation and professional development

Foundational processes

Financing PreK-3

Home-school partnerships

Research and evaluation

Coordinated school health and wellness

Indoor and outdoor learning environments

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FirstSchool News

  • New America Foundation report highlights FirstSchool
  • The American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities features FirstSchool

PreK-3 News

Last Month in FirstSchool

New report: Pre-K-3 reform requires leadership at all levels (Foundation for Child Development)

Pre-K-Grade 3 Reading and Literacy Practices That Matter report (Education Commission of the States)

Early Childhood State Policy Profiles from NCCP (National Center for Children in Poverty)

The FirstSchool project is a program of the FPG Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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