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Welcome to the Think Small Blog, your go-to destination for valuable insights, innovative ideas, and inspiring stories in the field of early learning. Dive into a treasure trove of articles crafted by our team of experts, dedicated to empowering child care providers, educators, and families.
Early Childhood Suspension & Expulsion: Understanding the Policy and Its Impact
What is early childhood suspension and expulsion? Suspension or expulsion happens when a child is removed from their early childhood classroom. In practice, this can look a few different ways. The ...
Guest Post: Candidates for Governor Speak Out About Early Education Issues
By Ericca Maas, Close Gaps by 5My organization is focused on closing Minnesota?s worst-in-the-nation achievement gaps, which means closing the early education opportunity gaps facing the 35,000 low-income Minnesota children ...
Small Talks - Don't Expel Me: Social Emotional Strategies for a More Inclusive Child Care Program
Small Talks features leaders who share key insights on early childhood education and discuss innovative solutions to early learning issues in Minnesota. By Kristie Thorson, Communications SpecialistThe third Small Talks ...
The Triple Bottom Line of Child Care
The Policies in Play series takes a closer look at the recently passed state legislative policies that affect early care and education. We work with partners to find out what ...
Public Safety Advocates and Retired Military Generals Push for Prioritizing High-Quality Early Education in Minnesota
Members of two national organizations say high-quality early education is a proactive solution to public safety concerns, and they?ve detailed their support of the issue in recent letters to Minnesota ...
Closing Opportunity Gaps to Shrink Achievement Gaps
By: Maya Fanjul-DebnamThe opportunity gap is one of the biggest obstacles our education system faces today.As highlighted in a Minnpost op-ed written by Think Small President, Barbara Yates: “Our achievement ...
Word Pedometers Brought to Minneapolis to Help Close Word Gap
By: Maya Fanjul-DebnamMinnesota is heralding in an innovative program to help close the word gap. The word gap–a 30 million word deficit between children from low income families and their ...
Think Small Bringing Cutting Edge Program for Child Care to Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting
Think Small is thrilled to share new, cutting edge approaches to reducing opportunity and achievement gaps at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America meeting in Atlanta this month.It?s an ...
Minnesota's $900 Million Surplus is Opportunity to Invest in Kids who Need Help the Most
Minnesota Management and Budget released Minnesota’s economic forecast this morning, and the state’s surplus has decreased slightly to $900 million for the next budget cycle.The November economic forecast expected a ...