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Not ready for kindergarten? The first domino falls. As a wealth of data strongly indicates and studies old and new robustly confirm, the first eight years of life are critical…
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At The New E3 School, you can peek inside our lively classrooms to find children who are highly engaged and teachers artfully guiding development throughout the day.  That’s because our…
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Princeton & Brookings’ The Future of Children brief highlights the traumatic impact of COVID-19 on children’s social-emotional health and learning.  With 84% of Virginia kindergarteners engaged in virtual instruction in the…
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I was perusing The Atlantic and the cover and title of a book caught my eye.  It was entitled, Hunt, Gather, Parent.  Parenting is a tough job no matter how…
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Dear Advocates: This week is Crossover at the General Assembly which means the House sends their Bills over to the Senate and the Senate sends their Bills over to the…
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Dear Friends, There is a reading crisis.  Too many of our children are struggling when they enter kindergarten.  In fact, OVER 21,000 kindergarteners are at risk of reading failure.  The…
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Dear Advocates: As the 2022 General Assembly is underway, we wanted to remind you of the impact we have made together up to this point. TOGETHER, WE: Worked alongside Republicans…
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Dear Friends, As you know, E3 through the generosity of private investors funded and worked alongside UVA to develop the STREAMin3 curricula model for children ages one to five in…
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Did you know that E3: Elevate Early Education funded the development of STREAMin3 in The New E3 School? The New E3 School is a prototype, statewide demonstration model of best…
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Over half of Virginia’s kindergarteners are showing up to school NOT ready in literacy, math, social skills or self regulation.  Too many children are entering kindergarten without key readiness skills…
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