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August 20, 2020

Make Sure the 2020 Census Counts All Kids

By completing the 2020 Census, and encouraging your colleagues, family, neighbors, and friends, on and offline, to do the same, you are helping to ensure communities get their fair share of over $800 billion per year in federal funding.
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DAP in the Time of COVID: Questions to Consider

NAEYC’s Early Learning Program Standards and Assessment Items to compile a set of questions and considerations. These are designed to help educators and administrators think through options, opportunities, & tradeoffs as you support children and families
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Endnotes

The endnotes are available as a PDF for readers to print and use as they read the statement.
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Appendix C: Acknowledgements

NAEYC appreciates the work of the Developmentally Appropriate Practice/Diversity and Equity Workgroup and the Early Learning Systems Committee, who participated in the development of this statement. See a full list here.
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Appendix B: Glossary

Learn about the terms used in the Developmentally Appropriate Practice position statement.
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Young Children
June 16, 2020

NAEYC Member Spotlight: Margarita Marichal

Margarita Marichal has experienced many different kinds of classrooms and approaches to early childhood education during her career.
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Young Children
Vol. 75, No. 3
June 16, 2020

July 2020

From Good Guidance to Trauma-Informed Care
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
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May 30, 2020

A Message From NAEYC: We Stand Together

NAEYC continues to work towards advancing equity with humility and awareness of our history and limitations, and a recognition that no individual, leader or organization has all the answers.

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Authored by: 
Ann Terrell, Rhian Evans Allvin
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May 6, 2020

There’s No Going Back: Child Care after COVID-19 

If our economy is to recover, it will require a reimagined approach to financing and structuring the systems that support high-quality child care. 

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Authored by: 
Rhian Evans Allvin, Lauren Hogan
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The COVID-19 Impact on Your Membership

Please see updates on how NAEYC is approaching membership (extension of benefits, updating your profile, and auto-renewals) in response to to COVID-19.
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