Stanford Center on Early Childhood

We hope to see you at #SXSWEDU 2025 for "Integrating Healthcare & Early Childhood Education" with Ryan Padrez! More info: https://lnkd.in/gHJFCmzr

Many Los Angeles County families with young children face difficulty accessing food. We asked LA County parents about their experiences of hunger and food insecurity and found high and sustained rates of food insecurity. In May 2024, more than half (56%) reported food insecurity. RAPID survey data shows that food insecurity for LA County families increased as pandemic-era benefits, such as the expanded CalFresh food stamp program, were rolled back. Read the fact sheet: https://lnkd.in/gtpsaK4r

Come work with us! 📢 The RAPID Survey Project is looking for a Special Projects Manager to develop, design, and implement projects and activities that support operations, advance partnerships, and expand RAPID’s capacity to provide timely, actionable, relevant data and caregiver voices to those who can use it. #StanfordEarlyChildhood

The Council for Professional Recognition has selected The Stanford Center on Early Childhood to conduct the most extensive and in-depth research project undertaken in the nearly 50-year history of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. The study will seek to understand the ways the CDA has impacted the early childhood workforce and will aim to identify opportunities to further bolster the effectiveness of the CDA credentialing process and support career pathways and trajectories for early educators. SCEC Director Philip Fisher and his team will use the Continuous Improvement Rapid Cycle Learning and Evaluation (CIRCLE) framework, a robust evaluation methodology. The framework will weave together multiple data sources (quantitative and open-ended response surveys, focus groups, and interviews) to not only quantify CDA impact but also capture the lived experiences of educators as they relate to the CDA. Read the complete press release here: https://lnkd.in/g8trUzh5 #StanfordEarlyChildhood

Topline: More than 70% of parents in L.A. County with children under 6 are struggling to meet a basic need like food, housing, utilities, or childcare, according to a RAPID survey by the Stanford Center on Early Childhood . More than half struggled with food insecurity. LAist : https://lnkd.in/gbt6iNwd

In this fact sheet, we lay out what we’ve learned from parents with children under age 6 in Los Angeles (LA) County—the most-populated county in California and home to 27% of the state’s population—about family economic and emotional well-being. https://lnkd.in/gtpsaK4r When we asked parents in LA County about their overall economic well-being, four in five (81%) described their family as experiencing some financial problems, and 60% described their financial problems as being “major” or “extreme.” We also asked families with young children about their experiences of material hardship, defined as difficulty affording basic needs like food, housing, utilities, child care, healthcare, and activities that support health and well-being. In May 2024, 71% of LA County parents reported material hardship in at least one area of basic need.

Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) professors Philip Fisher and Maisha T. Winn have been appointed to endowed chairs, the highest honor the university can bestow on faculty. Fisher, who has been at the GSE for two years, was named to the newly established Diana Chen Professorship; and Winn, who recently joined the GSE, was named to the Excellence in Learning Graduate School of Education Professorship, which was previously held by Fisher. Fisher joined the GSE in 2022 as a professor of education and, by courtesy, pediatrics. He is also the faculty director of the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, an initiative of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.  His research focuses on developing and evaluating scalable early childhood interventions in communities, and applying research on healthy development amid adversity to social policies and programs. Winn joined the GSE on July 1 as professor of education and faculty director of the Accelerator’s initiative for equity in learning, and her research focuses on restorative justice and contemporary and historical perspectives in Black education. Read on: https://lnkd.in/g9HXkPnJ

Congratulations to Stanford Accelerator for Learning Faculty Directors Philip Fisher and Maisha T. Winn for being appointed to endowed chairs in recognition of their scholarship and leadership. Endowed chairs are the highest honor the university can bestow on faculty. Fisher, who leads the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, was named to the newly established Diana Chen Professorship. His work focuses on developing and evaluating early childhood interventions to inform social policies and programs. Winn, who heads the Equity in Learning initiative, was named to the Excellence in Learning Graduate School of Education Professorship, previously held by Fisher. Her research focuses on restorative justice and contemporary and historical perspectives in Black education. Read more about the work of Fisher and Winn: https://lnkd.in/gs-XGW_P

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Job alert! 📣 RAPID is hiring two Research Data Analysts who will manage and analyze large amounts of data collected through the RAPID Survey Project, including performing statistical analysis and preparing reports for publication. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/g3b8zYy8