As we celebrate the Week of the Young Child, we must incorporate into our parenting and schooling all the recent research about brain development. Technological advances have enabled scientists to monitor and measure brain development, beginning in the womb and continuing throughout life….to read more of Joel Jones article click on link: Womb to Tomb

One exciting outcome of the Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care (EQ) Initiative is the number of people who have remained active in the initiative from its early days. Charlotte Pirnat and Tamara Volz are two such veterans. Charlotte, executive director of the Durango 4C Council, and Tamara, coordinator of the Early Childhood Council of

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Tamara and Bill Volz are renowned not only as Colorado’s only married couple serving as community instructors in the Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care (EQ) Initiative, but also for covering both ends of the spectrum to promote professionalism among care providers. Tamara, in her role as director of the Early Childhood Council of La

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If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change…

Dr. James Heckman, Nobel Laureate, is considered to be among the ten most influential economists in the world.  He is a thought leader in the field of early childhood economics and has this to say about investing in young children…