Advocacy

Are there long-term outcomes of high-quality early education? Yes, as the long-term studies listed below confirm, when children have access to high-quality early education, they benefit [...]

In March 2018, the Indiana University Public Policy Institute (PPI) and Early Learning Indiana brought together representatives from across the state to convene the Economic Impact of Early Care [...]

Indiana is losing out on billions in economic activity each year due to the lack child care, a new study released at today’s Indiana Early Learning Summit finds. Conducted by Indiana [...]

More Proof of the Two-Generational Impact of Early Learning Programs A new report on Washington D.C.’s universal preschool program is offering further proof of how early education programs not [...]

What does “high-quality” mean? There is a big difference between babysitting and high-quality early learning programs. High-quality programs actively engage parents and provide a [...]

WHY ARE THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF A CHILD’S LIFE SO IMPORTANT FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT? Babies are born learning. Years of scientific study prove that the single most important period of brain [...]

WHAT IS FADE OUT? Fade out is the theory that gains made in high-quality early learning settings diminish over time, namely by third grade. HOW IS FADE OUT MEASURED? While there is no universally [...]

As Indiana’s state-funded pre-K program continues to expand, attracting and retaining qualified teachers must be a top priority, a new report from Early Learning Indiana finds. According the [...]

In 2017, Early Learning Indiana’s donors, partners, trainers, teachers and staff put our focus on boosting access and quality for early education. It’s been a year of impact for Hoosier [...]

Two newly-released national reports on the cost, quality and availability of child care are shedding new light on the challenges Hoosier families with young children are facing. The ChildCare [...]