Emmett Early Learning Collaborative
The Emmett Early Learning Collaborative is a group of stakeholders in their community working together to pool resources to build early learning opportunities for children and prepare them for Kindergarten.
Castleford Early Learning Collaborative
The Castleford Early Learning Collaborative is a group of stakeholders in their community working together to pool resources to build early learning opportunities for children and prepare them for Kindergarten.
Boise Early Learning Collaborative
The Boise Early Learning Collaborative is a group of stakeholders in their community working together to pool resources to build early learning opportunities for children and prepare them for Kindergarten.
Early Learning Day
Each year in the Rotunda of the Idaho State Capitol, state leaders gather to learn about the impact of high-quality early learning! This year's event will be hosted by the Idaho Nonprofit Center.
Week of the Young Child
During the national Week of the Young Child™ event, communities across the country celebrate their youngest learners. In local celebrations across OUR state, Idahoans raise awareness about the unique needs of young learners and celebrate everyone who makes a difference in their lives.
Idaho needs solutions fast to the impending child care reckoning and shortage
In case you haven’t heard, the state of child care in Idaho is in a precarious state. If you’re a working parent of a young child, there’s a good chance you’ve struggled to find affordable, reliable child care. If you’re a child care provider, it’s likely you struggle to hire and retain the staff to operate at a capacity that keeps your business solvent. We simply don’t have enough child care openings to accommodate every family who needs care. This affects workforce participation — placing financial strain on working parents — and limiting the pool of candidates. The worst part is that child care access in Idaho is going to get much worse, before it gets better.
Child care availability about to get even worse
Guest Opinion | Beth Oppenheimer
In case you haven’t heard, the state of child care in Idaho is in a precarious state. If you’re a working parent of a young child, there’s a good chance you’ve struggled to find affordable, reliable child care. If you’re a child care provider, it’s likely you struggle to hire and retain the staff to operate at a capacity that keeps your business solvent. We simply don’t have enough child care openings to accommodate every family who needs care. This affects workforce participation – placing financial strain on working parents – and limiting the pool of candidates.
The worst part is that child care access in Idaho is going to get much worse, before it gets better.
Idaho Reading Indicator shows improved kindergarten scores
Kindergarten and first-grade scores in 2022 showed significant improvement from 2019. However, Idaho's scores in second and third grade dropped from three years ago.
Children’s Advocate Named to Close Gap in Early Childhood Education
STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
The Wood River Women’s Foundation has taken the next step with its early learning initiative with the appointment of Kathryn Ivers as the project director of the Wood River Early Learning Collaborative.
One of Ivers’ first tasks was to form an Advisory Council to steer the creation of an early education community for all young children in Blaine County, especially those from underserved families.
The Wood River Women’s Foundation selected early childhood education—specifically, what they called “Closing the Opportunity Gap in Education”-- to be the focus of its first ever Focus Grant. It is collaborating with the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho-AEYC) on the project.