Activating Ideal Learning in Colorado
This project will leverage Colorado’s recent expansion of full-day Kindergarten and pursuit of universal pre-kindergarten to make the case for…
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Every child has limitless potential
Trust for Learning is a philanthropic partnership dedicated to expanding ideal early learning environments for underserved children.
Explore Our StrategyLatest: A Series - “What to Look For” in Ideal Learning Head Start Classrooms
The “WHAT TO LOOK FOR” series, authored by the Ideal Learning Head Start Network members, acts as a simplified guide for educators, decision-makers, parents, and caregivers seeking to understand ideal learning in practice within the Head Start classrooms.
Latest Report - Nurturing All Children in Nature
Nurturing All Children in Nature highlights the benefits of nature-based ideal learning environments and spotlights exemplary publicly-funded programs around the country re-connecting young children with the natural world.
New Report - Seeding Equitable Educator Development
Seeding Equitable Educator Development synthesizes the work of nine partner grantees around the country who worked to create more inclusive, antiracist and sustainable early educator pathways.
2022 - Measurement Guide: Evaluating Quality in ECE
Measuring the Quality of Early Learning Environments envisions a new, equity-driven approach for assessing the quality of programs and demonstrates how the Principles of Ideal Learning framework can be used to guide decision-making.
2022 - Evidence Brief: Ideal Learning Environments for Young Children
Ideal Learning Environments for Young Children highlights recent developmental, neuroscience, and implementation research aligned with nine principles of high-quality early childhood learning environments.
The Ideal Learning Head Start Network (ILHSN)
The Ideal Learning Head Start Network aims to facilitate the integration of ideal learning approaches into Head Start, ensuring that children from low-income communities can access innovative, holistic, and high-quality early learning experiences.
Investments & Impact
We invest in projects that expand ideal learning programs in the public sector. Learn more about our partnerships to build an equitable early childhood movement, expand ideal learning in Head Start, influence policy, support networks of practice, and create more inclusive educator pathways.
Explore the principles of ideal learning environments
The principles of ideal learning environments sit at the nexus of equity and quality in early childhood. Informed by developmental science, ideal learning environments are play-based, child-centered, and support parents and educators as lifelong learners.
New Haven Child: An Ideal Learning District
New Haven Children’s Ideal Learning District’s goal is to create ideal learning environments for every child in New Haven between birth and age eight.
Investing in ideal learning in Colorado
Over the last few years, Trust for Learning has partnered with Early Milestones Colorado and a number of local partners to support the expansion of ideal learning approaches as Colorado rolls out Universal Pre-K and expands Kindergarten access for children across the state. This partnership has yielded a number of resources that policymakers and community leaders can use as they build high-quality learning environments for children in Colorado.
How are educators supported in ideal learning approaches? Read the report!
Co-written by members of the Ideal Learning Roundtable and Trust for Learning, this report features snapshots of 11 educator development approaches and analyzes themes, tensions, barriers, and opportunities to scale equitably within and across them.
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